Al Muwatta of Imam Malik ibn Anas: The First Formulation of Islamic Law

translated by Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley
Paperback (Madinah) 464+ pages
ISBN 1874216A

"This is the only complete translation of Al Muwatta by Imam Malik, the great jurist of Madinah and founder of the Maliki school of thought. It is a complete record of the legal and social parametres of the first Muslim community of Madinah, and commonly considered the first book of Islamic law and recorded collection of Hadith (Prophet's sayings)."