Hadits Almuwatta (English) 1.3

Malik ibn Anas ibn Malik ibn `Amr, al-Imam, Abu Abd Allah al-Humyari al-Asbahi al-Madani, was born in (Medina in 714 (93 H), and died in the year 800 (179 H)). He is an expert on jurisprudence and Hadith, as well as the founder of Maliki. Comes from a family of Arab honor and social status is high, well before the advent of Islam and thereafter, homeland of his ancestors is Yemen, but after his ancestors embraced Islam they moved to Medina, his grandfather Abu Amir was the first family member who converted to Islam in the year to two Hijri.

Al-Muwatta means 'agreed' or 'riding' or 'guide' that talks about the science and the laws of Islam. Al-Muwatta is a book that contains the hadiths collected by Imam Malik and the opinions of the Companions and scholars Successors. The book is complete with a variety of religious problems that summarizes the science of hadith, fiqh science and so on. All that is written is authentic hadith Imam Malik is famous because it is firmly in receipt of a hadith.