soonis

Updated: May 5, 2025

Of the four orthodox sects of the Soonis, the one which predominated in Spain, as it does to the present day in Barbary and Africa, was that of Malik Ibn Ans, whose doctrines were introduced in the reign of Al-hakem I., by doctors who had received instruction from the lips of the Imam Malik himself at Mekka; and was formally established by that prince throughout his dominions.

Various - Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844