Malik ibn Anas was a Muslim scholar, jurist, muhaddith and traditionalist who is the eponym of the Maliki school, one of the four schools of Islamic jurisprudence in Sunni Islam. 709 – 795; died at about 85. Alive at the same time as Li Bai, Charlemagne, Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi, Abu Nuwas, and Du Fu. Wiki link