Imam Malik ibn Anas ibn Malik ibn 'Amr al-Asbahi was one of the most highly respected scholars of fiqh in Islam, The Sheikh of Islam, 'Proof of the Community,' and 'Imam of the Abode of Emigration. He was born and lived his whole life in Madina and saw the traces of the Companions and Followers and the grave of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and all the great places there The Al-Muwatta, 'The Approved,' which was said to have been regarded by Imam Shafi'i to be the soundest book after the Qur'an.