06 • The Scholars of Madinah
The Taslim in the Maliki School
Bismillah The opinion of Sidi Ahmad Dardir (rahimahullah) and he said: عشر: رد مقتد على إمامه مشيرا له بقلبه لا برأسه، ثم يسن رده على يساره وبه أحد أي من المأمومين أدرك ركعة مع إمامه ولو صبيا “And the eleventh ... Read More »
The Exalted Scholarship of Ibn Wahb – Imam Malik’s Favorite
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 ... Read More »
“I don’t know”
Imam Malik رحمه الله said, “The shield of the scholar is, ‘I don’t know’, so If he leaves it down, his attacker will strike him” {Yusuf Ibn Abd al-Barr رحمه الله in his al-Intiqa’ fi Fada’il at-Thalatha al-Fuqaha} Read More »
Madinan Teachers
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] ... Read More »
Malikis & Dogs #3
The Ruling on Selling Dogs in the Maliki School Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour Question: I bought a dog a while back, but now my parents want me to get rid of it. I heard that money from selling a ... Read More »
Malikis & Dogs #2
Is it Permissible to Keep a Watchdog Inside The House? Answered by Shaykh Rami Nsour Question: Is one allowed to have a watch dog inside the house in the Maliki school? What are the conditions for having such a dog, ... Read More »
Malikis & Dogs
By Mufti Musa Furber The following is related to a discussion thread about Mālikīs keeping dogs as house pets that got axed (and for good reasons). Since I spent a lot of time working on a few papers related to ... Read More »
Waterless Desolate Land
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Sa’id that Sa’id ibn al-Musayyib used to say: “Whoever prays on waterless, desolate land; an angel prays on his right and an angel prays on his left. When he calls both ... Read More »
Good News for ‘Ulama & Tullab
Some good news for the ‘Ulama and Tullab al-‘Ilm. Hafizakum’Allah. Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Sa’id that Sa’id ibn al-Musayyib used to say: “Whoever prays on water-less, desolate land; an angel prays on his right and ... Read More »
The Family of the Learned
Excerpt from the up and coming book called the Jewels of Imam Malik: Bismillah. Let us look at the root of the family of knowledge and how it came to be that the family of Imam Malik became known as ... Read More »
