Maliki
Noun
Meaning
Maliki (plural Malikis)
A follower or proponent of Malikism
Examples
According to the Hanafi and Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence, appointment of a prayer leader for Friday service is mandatory because otherwise the prayer is invalid.
Although the Ottomans preferred the Hanifi school of law, some Tunisian Maliki jurists were admitted into the administration.
Another issue was Aghlabid taxation not sanctioned by the Maliki school of Islamic law.
Another link to North Africa was the Maliki school of jurisprudence, used throughout most of North Africa, which was the official one in the Maldives until the 17th century.
For example, Shafi'i sharia considers a Christian or Jew life as a third the worth of a Muslim, and Maliki 's sharia considers it worth half.
He also opposed their sponsorship of the Maliki school of jurisprudence, which drew upon consensus ( ijma ) and other sources beyond the Qur'an and Sunnah in their reasoning, an anathema to the stricter Zahirism favored by Ibn Tumart.