one of the most important works in Mālikī law Abd al-Malik ibn Habīb (AH 174/790-241/853), a prominent student of the direct students of Imām Mālik. He collected the opinions of Imām Mālik and his students in his al-Wādiḥah, which is one of the most important works in Mālikī law and the main authoritative book on Mālikī law in al-Andalus and the Maghrib. Ibn Abi Zayd (310/922–386/996), Tunisian Sunnī jurist and author of the Risālah, a standard work in Mālikī law Yusuf ibn abd al-Barr (978–1071), Andalusian scholar Ibn Tashfin (1061–1106), one of the prominent leaders of the Almoravid dynasty Qadi Ayyad (d. 1149), a great Imam and Qadi in Maliki jurisprudence Ibn Rushd (Averroes) (1126–1198), philosopher and scholar Al-Qurtubi (1214–1273) Shihab al-Din al-Qarafi (1228–1285), Moroccan jurist and author who lived in Egypt Khalil ibn Ishaq al-Jundi (d. ca. 1365), Egyptian jurist, author of Mukhtasar Ibn Battuta (February 24, 1304 – 1377), explorer Ibn Khaldūn (1332/AH 732–1406/AH 808), scholar, historian and author of the Muqaddimah Abu Ishaq al-Shatibi (d. 1388), a famous Andalusian Maliki jurist Sidi Boushaki (d. 1453), a famous Algerian Maliki jurist Sidi Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi (d. 1479), a famous Algerian Maliki jurist Contemporary Malikis Usman dan Fodio (1754–1817), founder of the Sokoto Caliphate El Hadj Umar Tall (1794–1864), founder of the Toucouleur Empire Emir Abdelkader (1808–1883), Algerian sufi and politician, religious and military leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion Ahmad al-Alawi (1869–1934), Algerian Sufi leader Omar Mukhtar (1862–1931), Libyan resistance leader Abdallah bin Bayyah (born 1935), Mauritanian professor of Islamic Legal Methodology at King Abdulaziz University Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi, Moroccan resistance leader Abu-Abdullah Adelabu Sherman Jackson Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930–2021), Scottish shaykh and founder of the Murabitun World Movement Hamza Yusuf (born 1958), American scholar and co-founder of Zaytuna College Suhaib Webb Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila Ahmed Saad Al-Azhari, British Islamic scholar and a graduate of Al-Azhar university. Saad was formerly a Shafi’i before adopting the Maliki school Muḥammad al Tahir ibn Ashur (1879-1973) Tunisian Islamic Scholar and Shariah Judge See also Outline of Islam Glossary of Islam List of Islamic scholars The Seven Fuqaha of Medina Malikism in Algeria Adhan Islamic views on sin References Citation Further reading Cilardo, Agostino (2014), Maliki Fiqh, in Muhammad in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God (2 vols.), Edited by C. Fitzpatrick and A. Walker, Santa Barbara, ABC-CLIO Chouki El Hamel (2012),