Yasin Dutton is the Azman Hashim Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies[1] and Emeritus Professor of Arabic in the School of Languages & Literature at the University of Cape Town.
[2] His research interests include early Quranic manuscripts and both classical and modern Islamic law, with an emphasis on economic and environmental issues.
[3] Dutton's research into early Islamic law focused on the jurisprudence of Malik ibn Anas and his use of the practices of the people of Medina (amal ahl al-madina) as a source of law.
[4][5] He is of the view that in addition to the Quran, amal ahl al-madina was an overruling authority for Malik, more so than hadith.
[7] He is said to have made "a significant contribution to our understanding of the juristic activity in early Islam".