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**xkQCaS4w** · 03-09-2008, 06:28 AM

Isn't the Muwatta Malik called the first compilation of Ahadith ever?

NO, why do people keep repeating this half-understanding? It has ahadith but more importantly it has fiqh. It is a formulation of law. The Imam's intention in compiling it was not to present a book of ahadith.

Also, there were earlier compilations of ahadith, whether they survive is another matter : )

03-09-2008, 06:28 AM	#19
xkQCaS4w Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 468 Senior Member	Isn't the Muwatta Malik called the first compilation of Ahadith ever? NO, why do people keep repeating this half-understanding? It has ahadith but more importantly it has fiqh. It is a formulation of law. The Imam's intention in compiling it was not to present a book of ahadith. Also, there were earlier compilations of ahadith, whether they survive is another matter : )
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