Many people often use [SAW, PBUH, s.a.w, etc] after mentioning the Prophet Muhammad’s صلى الله عليه و آله و صحبه و سلم name. Imam an-Nawawi رحمه الله explains: It is recommended {Mustahabb} for a person who writes down Hadith that at the mentioning of the Messenger of Allah {peace and blessings of Allah be upon [...]

The Muhaddith, Abdullah ibn Al-Mubarak رحمه الله said: Imam Sufyan Ath-Thawri رحمه الله said to me: “Beware of fame. Everyone I met warned me about fame.” {Siyar A’lam an-Nubala ===> The Lives of the Noble Figures, Volume 7 pg. 260} – Originally posted by Ustadh Luqman al-Andalusi

Imam Malik (rahmatullahi ‘alayhi) said, “My mother would dress me up in the clothes of the scholars whilst I still was a young boy and she would tell me, ‘Go to the Masjid and seek knowledge from Imām ar-Rabīʿah, study his manners before you take from his knowledge.’” – Siyar Aʿlam al-Nubala’ Source: Towards Enlightenment

Imam Malik (rahimahullah) said, “Knowledge does not consist in narrating much. Knowledge is but a light which Allah places in the heart.” (Sifat al-Safwat – Ibn al-Jawzi (2:197); Tafsir Ibn Kathir (3:555)

Imam Malik (rahimahullah) said, “The shield of the scholar is, ‘I don’t know’, so If he leaves it down, his attacker will strike him” (al-Intiqa)

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]