Represents the regional surroundings in Islamic times of Mecca, the birthplace of the Prophet Muḥammad; and Medina, where the Prophet migrated and where Mālik was born, raised, and compiled and taught the Muwaṭṭa’.
This source is part of the Online Companion to the print edition al-Muwaṭṭaʾ, the Royal Moroccan Edition: The Recension of Yaḥyā Ibn Yaḥyā al-Laythī (Harvard Series in Islamic Law), edited and translated by Mohammad Fadel and Connell Monette (PIL/HUP, 2019).