Imam Malik ibn Anas, Allah have mercy upon him, said: “Most certainly, it is the duty of a student of knowledge to behave with dignity, tranquility, and reverence, and to follow the way of those who came before him.” (Related by Hafiz Yusuf ibn Abd al-Barr in his book – Jami’ Bayan al-‘Ilm wa Fadlihi)
Imam Malik ibn Anas, May Allah have mercy upon him, said: وَقَالَ أَحْمَد بْن صَالِح الْمِصْرِيّ عَنْ اِبْن وَهْب عَنْ مَالِك قَالَ : إِنَّ الْعِلْم لَيْسَ بِكَثْرَةِ الرِّوَايَة وَإِنَّمَا الْعِلْم نُور يَجْعَلهُ اللَّه فِي الْقَلْب . “Knowledge doesn’t consist of narrating many narrations, indeed, knowledge is but a light which Allah places in the heart.” …
The great and most famous scholar from the city of Madinah was Imam Malik ibn Anas: He took knowledge from Imam Jafar al-Sadiq and said: ‘Most certainly, Imam Jafar al-Sadiq was among the pious [Ascetic] scholars who truly fear Allah.’ و قد أخذ عن الإمام جعفر الصادق رضي الله عنه الإمام مالك في المدينة و …
This fact is so important to know. “Abdullahi ibn Wahb, Allah be pleased with him, once mentioned knowledge, to which Imam Malik in Anas, Allah be pleased with him, commented: “Truly, seeking extra knowledge is good, however, to study what is obligatory upon you from the beginning of your day to its end is far …
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Imam Malik ibn Anas, Allah have mercy upon him said: “For 13 years I sat from the time of the Fajr prayer to sunset [Maghrib] with various teachers. I did this in order to attain knowledge from various Shuyukh [teachers/scholars/Muhadithin/Fuqaha] in the city of Madinah. I would attend the circles of different teachers, a different …
In 174 A.H Harun-ar-Rashid, arrived in Madinah with his two sons Amin and Ma’mun. He summoned Imam Malik to his inner court to deliver a lecture on the Muwatta’. The Imam refused to comply with his orders. Arriving in the inner court, he told the Caliph, ‘Rashid! [You want me to teach] Traditions in a …
Beautiful Arabic Proverb “Whoever has no authority over him, Shaytan will be his authority.” ~ It is related in the Muwatta of Imam Malik ibn Anas, May Allah have Mercy upon him: Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that Luqman al-Hakim, Peace be upon him, made his will and counseled his son, …
Imam Malik {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 his lie is not hidden …
Imam ash-Shafi’i made the following two statements, “After the Book of Allah, there is no book on the face of the earth sounder than the book of Malik.” “No book has ever been placed upon the face of the earth that is closer to the Qur’an than the book of Malik.” {Tanwir al-Hawalik; Hilyatul’ Awliyah; …