Kitab al-Qabas fi Sharh Muwatta Malik ibn Anas - Ibnul-'Arabi al-Maliki

The book “Al-Qabas fi Sharh Muwatta’ Malik bin Anas”, by sheikh and judge Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdallāh ibn al-ʿArabī al-Maʿāfirī al-Ishbīlī” is one of the most important explanations of the book “Muwatta’ Imam Malik bin Anas”. It earned the recognition of scholars, both ancient and present, with its explanation of all the included Hadiths, and the interpretation of the ones qualified as Gharib (Hadith conveyed only by one narrator), which facilitated their understanding.

The importance of this book is due to the following:

- The importance of the Andalusian influence, which is one of the main sources of literature classified by the prominent Maliki scholars.

- It contains many of the rulings drawn up by the author.

- It contains in-depth explanation, enlightenment and details of the issues.

- The book was distinguished for its good arrangement and ingenuity of its classification.

- The abundance of benefits in Hadith, language, fundamentals and jurisprudence.

- Highlighting issues and labelling them

- The value of the author, the writer of famous books, who is considered one of the most brilliant scholars of the Maliki school of thought.