The Scholars are Fathers Leave a Comment / Imām Mālik ibn Anas, Quotes from Imāms of Islām / By admin It is reported that Imam Malik said, “I heard Rabi’a bin ‘Abdir-Rahman say, ‘The people under the care of their scholars are like children in the laps of their fathers.’” [Ibn Batta, al-Ibana al-Kubra, vol. 1 p44]