Legal Versifications in the Maliki School: A Descriptive Study of Selected Models

Abstract

This research deals with a distinctive type of classification among the Malikis, which is the jurisprudential poems and rajaz. Although this type of classification is almost always present in every school of thought, it is more prominent among the Malikis. Through this research, the researcher tried to search for the poems mentioned in the books, as well as some poems that were not addressed in other research, in addition to some poems that were mentioned in previous studies. Through the research, the researcher concluded that the Maliki poems included multiple types of poems, and they can be divided on different bases; this includes dividing them based on the number of their verses. They are divided into long rajaz poems with thousands of verses, and others with only a few verses. They also vary between poems that cover all chapters of jurisprudence, poems based on a specific book, and poems whose subject matter is a specific chapter of jurisprudence or a specific issue. Each type is represented by poems accompanied by an introduction to the poet, a summary of the poem's content, and some verses that represent the beginning and end of the poem.