[The student of Imam Malik] = Ibn Wahb said: “Imam Malik looked towards al-’Attan ibn Khalid and said: ‘It has reached me that you {al-‘Attan} take knowledge from this one.’ I said, ‘Of course.’ So Imam Malik said, ‘[I ask because] = We only take Hadith from people of Fiqh.’ Imam Malik then said: ‘I …
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 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 …
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.” …
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 Malik {May Allah have mercy upon him} said: “I know many sayings of the Prophet Muhammad {Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him} and had a great deal of knowledge that I never spoke about nor did I even mention it. And that was the knowledge of the heart.” {Kitab al-Muwafaqat fi Usul …