Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi
يحيى بن يحيى الليثي
152 AH – 234 AH
From al-Andalus; he came to Imam Malik in Medina and studied the Muwatta with him. His recension became the most widely read transmission of the book in the Maghrib and al-Andalus.
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · muhaddith
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe · Maghreb
- Review
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Connections
- Studied under
- Malik ibn Anas
People and things also explored
Muwatta of Imam MalikMalik ibn AnasCommand, prohibition and capacityBid'a (religious innovation)Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)Connectedness of the isnad and proven hearingThe Qur'an as the speech of God (in the Tahawi creed)The pause of revelation (Fatra)
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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islam.museum contributors. “Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/yahya-ibn-yahya-al-laythi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.