Imam an-Nawawi {May Allah have mercy upon him} said: “Of Imam Malik’s nine hundred teachers = three hundred were from the followers of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad {Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him, his family and companions} and six hundred were from the followers of those who followed the Prophet Muhammad. …
Imam al-Qarafi al-Maliki رحمه الله said: “And beware of doing what some students do when they reason directly from the Hadith, and yet they don’t know their soundness, let alone what has been mentioned by the Imams concerning the subtleties involved in them; by doing this, they went astray and led others astray. And whoever …
Imam Malik bin Anas was one of the students of Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq. Imam Malik studied under the teaching of Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq in Madinah and he used to say: ‘He was among the pious scholars who fear Allah.’ و قد أخذ عن الإمام جعفر الصادق رضي الله عنه الإمام مالك في المدينة و قال …
[Adapted from the Siyar A’lam an-Nubala’ ~ The Lives of the Noble Figures] 1} Imam Malik ibn Anas: ‘Isa bin ‘Umar said: “I never saw anything white or red that was more beautiful than the face of Malik, or any clothes whiter than Malik’s.” And a number of people relate that he was tall, firm, …
The first city to collect and compile Hadith was Madinatul’ Munawarrah ~ The Illuminated City. Imam az-Zuhri was one of Imam Malik’s teachers and he would go over the Ahadith with the Imam to make sure he recited everything correctly. Kind of like, how Imam Malik would check his Quranic recitation with Imam Nafi. The …
Imam Abul’ Abbas al-Qurtubi al-Maliki {May Allah have mercy upon him} said: “The Sahaba and those that followed them would persevere with the Sunan {voluntary deeds} and Fada’il {virtuous deeds} just as they would with the Fara’id {obligatory matters} aiming to maximize their reward therein. It was only the Jurists {Fuqaha} who differentiated between these …
Imam Abu Amr Al-Awza’i {May Allah have mercy upon him} said: تعلم ما لا يؤخذ به, كما تعلم ما يؤخذ به “Learn that which will not be relied upon, just as you learn that which will be relied upon.” {Tarikh Ibn ’Asakir, 35/186} And he {May Allah have mercy upon him} said: عن الأوزاعي قال …
Excerpt from the up and coming book called the Jewels of Imam Malik: The name of the favorite teacher of Imam Malik was Shaykh ‘Abd ar-Rahman ibn Hurmuz {May Allah have mercy upon him} He was from the Tabi’in because he studied and met with some of the most famous among the Sahaba, he loved …
Ahmad ibn Salih {May Allah have mercy upon him} said: “I do not know of anyone more giving to sifting narrators and people of knowledge than Malik, and I do not know of him narrating from anyone about whom there was something. He narrated from a whole people none of whom are to be abandoned.” …