It is reported that Imam Malik ibn Anas {May Allah have Mercy upon them} once said to a young boy from among the Quraysh: “O! Son of my brother, learn etiquette before you acquire knowledge.” مَالِكَ بْنَ أَنَسٍ ، يَقُولُ لِفَتًى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ : يَا ابْنَ أَخِي ، تَعَلَّمَ الأَدَبُ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَتَعَلَّمَ الْعِلْمَ {The …
Abu Musa al-Ash’ari narrated that the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و آله و صحبه و سلم said: “People will go out from East and West in search of knowledge, and they shall find no one more knowledgeable than the knowledgeable scholar of Madinah.” {Related by Imam al-Hakim} Abu Hurayrah who narrated that the Prophet …
‘Abdullah ibn Wahb {May Allah have mercy upon him} said: “That which we conveyed from the manners of Imam Malik was way more than what we learnt from his knowledge.” {Siyar ‘Alam an-Nubala’, Volume 8 pg. 113} When Imam Malik embarked on the study of Islamic sciences with a teacher, his mother advised him to …
Ibn al-Hajj al-Maliki {May Allah have mercy upon him} said: “If a woman demands her right to religious education from her husband and brings the issue to a judge, she is justified in demanding this right. It is her right that either her husband should teach her or allow her to go elsewhere to acquire …
Imam Dar al-Hijrah, Imam Malik ibn Anas, {May Allah have mercy upon him} said: “The limits and vastness of the earth are many and plentiful, and it is not possible for anyone to gather all of the sayings of the scholars {in regard to law, etc}, and one who even tries to claim this; then …
One of the top students of Imam Malik named ibn Wahb {May Allah have mercy upon them} said: “If it were not for Imams Malik and al-Layth, the people would have gone astray. If it were not for Imams Malik and al-Layth, I myself would of been destroyed, because I used to think that everything …
These are the Prophets that are considered to be The Ulul’ Azam ~ The 5 Top Ranking Prophets. “He has made plain to you of the religion that He enjoined upon Nuh and that which We have revealed to you {Prophet Muhammad}, and that which We enjoined upon Ibrahim and Musa and ‘Isa, that is …
Imam Jalaluddin as-Suyuti related that Imam Sufyan bin Uyaynah {Allah have Mercy upon them} said: “May Allah have mercy upon Imam Malik. He only narrated authentic Ahadith, he would never report anything if it did not come from a reliable one.Thus, in my opinion, Madinah in his absence, has only had a decrease in knowledge …
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Bakr ibn Sulayman ibn Abi Hathma that Umar ibn al-Khattab did not see Sulayman ibn Abi Hathma present during the Subh [dawn] prayer. In the morning he went to the marketplace, and Sulayman’s house was between the market and the Prophet’s Masjid. He passed …
[Shaykh] ‘Abdullahi al-Umari wrote a letter to Imam Malik [to isolate himself], so Imam Malik responded to his letter by saying: “Indeed Allah has distributed righteous deeds among His servants just as He distributed their provision among them. So perhaps a man may find it easy to perform an abundance of prayers while finding it …