Maliki

American  

[mal-i-kee] / ˈmæl ɪ ki /

noun

Islam.

1. one of the four schools of Islamic law, founded by Malik ibn Anas (c715–795).

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Other Word Forms

• Malikite
  noun

Etymology

Origin of Maliki

< Arabic Mālikī, derivative of name of founder, Mālik ibn Anas

Example Sentences

After being endorsed by a Shia coalition known as the Coordination Framework on Saturday, Maliki would then normally be nominated by the president, who holds a largely ceremonial role.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

Maliki, a powerful Shiite politician, served as Iraq’s prime minister from 2006 to 2014.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026

Maliki legal doctrine dominated interpretations of Islam, and study of the Quran and the prophetic traditions contained in the sunna were largely abandoned.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Maliki is a former prime minister and leader of the Dawa party which dominated successive Iraqi governments after 2003.

From Reuters • Mar. 16, 2023

His peculiar dogma is the superiority of live over dead saints, whose tombs are therefore not to be visited—a new doctrine in a Maliki!

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir