AL-IMAM MALIK IS ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF AL-RAY (OPINION) SCHOOL: A HISTORICAL VISION

Abstract

Malik bin Anas is a great Muslim scholar who is known as AL-Imam Malik by Sunnis because
he founded AL Maliki doctrine. So this study is an attempt to investigate the constituents of
Diligences that Malik has and it also deals with the analysis of his methodology in his book AlMuwatta which it is regarded as one of the top books of Hadith and fiqh. This book involves
rituals, habits, traditions, norms and laws of the era of Muhammad the prophet of Islam. It has
seen throughout Islamic history, Malik has been dignified as an idealistic person in all the
classical schools of Sunni thought; therefore; the present study tackled the ideas and behavior of
this great character and his influence on the society.