‘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 …
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 …
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 …
[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 …
Al-Bayḥaqī narrated with his isnād that ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ibn ‘Abdillāh al-Uwaysī said: “Mālik ibn Anas (may Allāh have mercy on him) mentioned that some people shave their moustaches, and he said: ‘The one who does that should be beaten.’ The ḥadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him) about the moustache …
Jafar the son of Sulayman was the Abbasid (descendants of Abbas) governor of Madinah. Jafar flogged Imam Malik, to the point that they knocked him out cold. He was then carried outside in this state and was set up on a donkey to be paraded around Madinah. As soon as Imam Malik woke up and …
The collection and codification of Islamic law has historically been one of the most important, and challenging, tasks that the Muslim community has undertaken in 1400 years of history. To be considered a faqih (an expert in Islamic law – fiqh), one must have mastery of the Quran, the sayings of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, other sources of law, …
To begin, let us look at the root of the family knowledge and how it came to be that the family of Imam Malik became known as the family of the learned. Firstly, they were a very well off family at a time and thus money was hardly of concern for the most part of …
Quick facts concerning Imam Malik ibn Anas: 1} Imam Malik wrote out over 100,000 Ahadith. 2} Imam Malik compiled his most famous book al-Muwatta in 40 years. 3} Imam Malik started off with 10,000 Ahadith in the Muwatta, however he ended up putting 1,720 within it. 4} The book al-Muwatta was approved of by 70 …