Original Islam: Malik and the Madhhab of Madina

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Original Islam
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Contents
Acknowledgements
Notes on the text
Introduction
	The madhhabs today
Part I: Al-Rācī and his Intisār
	1. The author of the Intisār
		Al-Rācī’s early life
		Al-Rācī in Cairo
		Al-Rācī’s books
	2. The Intisar and its significance
		The reason for writing the Intisār
		The book’s significance
		The rise of the madhhabs
		Al-Shāfic’īs influence
		A note on the translation
Part II: Translation of al-Rācī’s Intisār
	Author’s introduction
	1. On giving preference to Mālik, may Allah have mercy on him and be pleased with him
		The hadīth of the Prophet about the cāīlim of Madina
		The hadīth of the Prophet about “the people of the West”
		The testimony of the other three imams about Mālik
			Abū Hanīfa’s praise of Mālik
			Al-Shāficī’s praise of Mālik
			Ahmad ibn Hanbal’s praise of Mālik
		Mālik’s special qualities
		Testimonies to Mālik’s learning
		Mālik’s respect for knowledge
		Further testimonials to Mālik’s knowledge and character
		Why the people of the West follow Mālik
		Selections from Abū Nucaym’s Hilya
		Two dreams about Mālik in Ibn Hajar’s Tawālī al-tacsīs
		Al-Qarāfī on Mālik’s special qualities
		An unlikely karāma attributed to Mālik
		Selections from al-Yawāqīt al-murassaca
		Mālik’s care in relating hadīth
		Selections from al-Ghāfiqī ’s Musnad Hadīth Muwattac Mālik
			Mālik’s death
		Three dreams about Mālik in al-Nawawı\'s Tahdhīb al-asmā\'
		Further selections from Abū Nucaym’s Hilya
		Selections from al-Shirimsāhī’s Nazm al-durr and other sources
		Further selections from Qadi cIyād’s Madārik
	2. On giving preference to the madhhab of Imam Mālik, may Allah have mercy on him, and the sources on which it is based
		The authoritativeness of Madinan camal
		Al-Mansūr and the compilation of the Muwattac
		Asad ibn al-Furāt’s study of the madhhab of Mālik
		Qadi cIyād on the consensus (ijmāc) of the people of Madina
		Ibn Rushd on sales with conditions (al-bayc wa-l-shart)
		Al-Shirimsāhī on the camal of Madina
			Sales by list of contents (al-bayc calā l-barnāmaj)
			The invalidity of khiyār al-majlis
			The principle of sadd al-dharācīc (blocking the means)
			Rational proofs for giving preference to the madhhab of Mālik
		Some anecdotes
		A poem in praise of the Mālikī madhhab
		Mālik’s letter to al-Layth ibn Sacd about the camal of the people of Madina
		Al-Layth’s reply to Mālik’s letter about the camal of the people of Madina
	3. Some points of difference which are frequently mentioned between the proponents of the other madhhabs which indicate[that one should] give preference [to the madhhab of Iman Mālik,may Allah have mercy on him]
		1. The purity of water
		2. Is semen pure or not?
		3. The purity of dogs
			An anecdote concerning a certain Shāficī
			The praiseworthy characteristics of dogs
		4. Fasting being broken by something getting into the body
		5. Wiping the head when doing wudūc
		6. Repeating the takbīr in the adhān
		7. Should the basmala be recited when doing the prayer?
		8. The difference of opinion regarding recitation behind an imām
		9. Someone doing a fard prayer praying behind someone doing a naflprayer
	4. Some examples of the prejudice that I have seen and heard from the proponents of other madhhabs which led to the writing of this book
		Prejudice on the part of some Shāficī scholars
		The basis for saying that a mutilated slave is free
		Doing the prayer behind a Mālikī imām who does not recite the basmala
		How the adhān should be done
		A Shāficī ’s objection to a Mālikī leading the prayer
		Denial of the accusation that Ashhab wounded al-Shāficī
		What Ibn Hajar said in his Manāqib al-Layth
		Prejudice on the part of some Hanafī scholars
		Further examples of the prejudice of some Shāficīs
		Examples of the fairness of some Shāficī scholars towards the Mālikīmadhhab
	5. Some [grammatical] points where many specialists make mistakes
		1. Wudūc and wadūc
		2. Dhikr and dhikrā
		3. Ghusl and ghasl
		4. Akl and ukl
		5. Kuhl and kahl
		6. Reasons why the way many mucadhdhins call the adhān is kufr
		7. The common error regarding the pronunciation of the word mica
Notes
Glossary
Biographical notes
Bibliography
	Arabic sources
	European-language sources
Index