Ahmad ibn Salih al-Misri {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 [cause for concern]. He narrated from a whole people none of whom …
Ahmad ibn Salih al-Misri and ‘Abdullahi ibn Wahb said that Imam Malik {May Allah have mercy upon them} 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 does not consist in narrating much. Knowledge is but …
Imam al-Bukhari (رحمة الله عليه) said that the soundest of all chains of hadith transmission was “Malik, from Nafi’, from Ibn ‘Umar.” The scholars of hadith call it the Golden Chain, and there are eighty narrations with this chain in the Muwatta’. Imam Malik (رحمة الله عليه) composed al-Muwatta’ in the course of forty years, …
Imam ash-Shafi’i {May Allah have mercy upon him} said: “When some of the people of desires came to Imam Malik ibn Anas, he said: “As for me, then I am upon clear evidence from my Lord and my Deen. And as for you, then you are in doubt, so go to a doubter and argue …
It is narrated from Imam Malik ibn Anas رحمه الله , that a man from the people of desires used to walk behind him and say: “O Abu Abdullah! Debate with me. O Abu Abdullah! Debate with me [just one] word! O Abu Abdullah! Hear from me a word!” He would point with his hand …
Imam Abd ar-Rahman ibn Mahdi {May Allah have mercy upon him} said: ما نعرف كتابا في الإسلام بعد كتاب الله أصح من موطأ مالك “We do not know of a book in Islam, after the Book of Allah, more authentic than the Muwatta of {Imam} Malik.” {Related in the Siyar A’lam an-Nubala’, The Lives of …
Physical description of Imam Malik bin Anas (رضي الله عنه): ‘Isa bin ‘Umar said: “I never saw anything white or red that was more beautiful than the face of Malik, or any clothes whiter than Malik’s.” And a number of people relate that he was tall, firm, serious, blond, had a white beard and hair, …
Imam ash-Shafi’i رحمه الله said: “When some of the people of desires {fitna makers} came to Imam Malik ibn Anas رحمه الله he said: ” As for me, then I am upon clear evidence from my Lord and my Deen. And as for you, then you are in doubt, so go to a doubter and argue with him. ” …