al-Muwatta Kitab al-Qada fi al-Buyu
- Author died
- 197 AH
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- al-Muwatta Kitab al-Qada fi al-Buyu
al-Muwatta: Kitab al-Qada fi al-Buyu (The Muwatta: Book of Judicial Decisions Regarding Sales) is a specialized legal compilation on adjudication in commercial transactions by the Egyptian jurist and hadith scholar Ibn Wahb (125–197 AH / 743–812 CE), forming part of his broader Muwatta corpus .
Context and Scope
Ibn Wahb was among the foremost companions of Malik ibn Anas and studied under him for decades, transmitting his legal and hadith material while also compiling his own major works . In early bio-bibliographical sources, Ibn Wahb is credited with both a larger and a smaller version of the Muwatta (al-Muwatta al-Kabir and al-Muwatta al-Saghir) . His recension and compilation of Muwatta materials contained extensive additional narrations beyond those found in other transmissions .
Kitab al-Qada fi al-Buyu is one of the thematic sections preserved within his diwan of al-Muwatta, focusing on judicial rulings, disputes, and precedents governing sales and commercial contracts . In early classifications of Ibn Wahb's corpus, it stood alongside related legal treatises such as the book of sales and currency exchange (Kitab al-Buyu wa-l-Sarf), preemption (Kitab al-Shuf'a), and judicial testimonies (Kitab al-Shahadat) .
Transmission and Reception
The book reached scholars through Andalusian and North African chains of transmission . According to the bibliography (Fihris) of Ibn Atiyyah, the diwan containing Kitab al-Qada fi al-Buyu was transmitted through Muhammad ibn Futays al-Ghafiqi of Elvira, who received it from Ibn Wahb's direct disciples Yunus ibn 'Abd al-A'la and Ibn Wahb's nephew Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman .
Scholars of hadith and Maliki jurisprudence drew upon Ibn Wahb's Muwatta treatises extensively, citing their well-authenticated chains of transmission and their direct preservation of early Medinese and Egyptian legal traditions .
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