Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi, Carrier of the Muwatta to al-Andalus: Scholar in Islamic History

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ScholarCarrier of the Muwatta to al-Andalus

Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythiيحيى بن يحيى الليثي

c. 769-848 CE (d. 234 AH)Approximate dateCordoba

An Andalusian of Berber descent whose copy of the Muwatta is the one read worldwide.

He travelled to Madinah as a young man and heard the Muwatta from Malik shortly before Malik's death. Back in Cordoba he became the leading jurist and helped make Maliki law the law of al-Andalus.

What grew out of it?

Nearly every printed Muwatta today is his recension.

Who else is linked?

Cordoba Malik ibn Anas Umayyads of Cordoba

Who lived at the same time?

Al-Hakam I Nikephoros I Al-Amin Ibrahim ibn al-Aghlab Idris II Harun al-Rashid Al-Mamun Hisham I

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Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi, Carrier of the Muwatta to al-Andalus

Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythiيحيى بن يحيى الليثي

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