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1 History of the Madhhab of al-Awzai o 1.1 In the Maghreb and Muslim Spain o 1.2 In Syria 2 Notes
in a manner that was agreeable. So, Imam Malik said to the person who told him, We ask Allaah to enlighten our sacred precincts with your rule. This was transmitted to the ruler of Spain, who already knew of the knowledge, excellence and piety of Malik; so he lead the people to accept his madhhab and ordered that the madhhab of al-Awzai be abandoned. The kings of Morocco and the west agreed that the rulings and actions should be according to the preferences of Ibn alQaasim al-`Utaqi (a famous student of Malik) only.[2] [edit] In Syria In Syria, the Madhhab of al-Awzai remained the main school of thought until the 10th century, when Abu Zarah Muhammed ibn Uthman of the Shafiee Madhhab was appointed judge of Damascus. Abu Zarah began the practice of giving a prize of 100 dinars to any student who memorized the book, Mukhtasr al-Muzanee (the basics of Shafiee fiqh). Naturally, the practice caused the Shafiee Madhhab to spread rapidly in Syria, until none of al-Awzais followers remained until the 11th century.[3]
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1. ^ John Esposito, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam, Oxford University Press, 2003 2. ^ Nafh ut-Teeb min Ghasn il-Andalus ir-rateeb, by Ahmad al-Muqree al-Maghribee (3/158) 3. ^ al-Madkhal, pg.205-206, and Fiqh al-Imaam al-Awzai, by Abdullah Muhammed al-Jabooree, Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd_al-Rahman_al-Awza%27i" Categories: 707 births | 774 deaths | Muslim scholars | Taba at-Tabiin hadith narrators | People from Beirut