The great and most famous scholar from the city of Madinah was Imam Malik ibn Anas: He took knowledge from Imam Jafar al-Sadiq and said: ‘Most certainly, Imam Jafar al-Sadiq was among the pious [Ascetic] scholars who truly fear Allah.’ و قد أخذ عن الإمام جعفر الصادق رضي الله عنه الإمام مالك في المدينة و …
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] in the city of Madinah. I would attend the circles of different teachers, a different …
In 174 A.H Harun-ar-Rashid, arrived in Madinah with his two sons Amin and Ma’mun. He summoned Imam Malik to his inner court to deliver a lecture on the Muwatta’. The Imam refused to comply with his orders. Arriving in the inner court, he told the Caliph, ‘Rashid! [You want me to teach] Traditions in a …
Beautiful Arabic Proverb “Whoever has no authority over him, Shaytan will be his authority.” ~ It is related in the Muwatta of Imam Malik ibn Anas, May Allah have Mercy upon him: Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that Luqman al-Hakim, Peace be upon him, made his will and counseled his son, …
Imam Malik {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 his lie is not hidden …
Imam ash-Shafi’i made the following two statements, “After the Book of Allah, there is no book on the face of the earth sounder than the book of Malik.” “No book has ever been placed upon the face of the earth that is closer to the Qur’an than the book of Malik.” {Tanwir al-Hawalik; Hilyatul’ Awliyah; …
[The student of Imam Malik] = Ibn Wahb said: “Imam Malik looked towards al-’Attan ibn Khalid and said: ‘It has reached me that you {al-‘Attan} take knowledge from this one.’ I said, ‘Of course.’ So Imam Malik said, ‘[I ask because] = We only take Hadith from people of Fiqh.’ Imam Malik then said: ‘I …
Imam an-Nawawi {May Allah have mercy upon him} said: “Of Imam Malik’s nine hundred teachers = three hundred were from the followers of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad {Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon him, his family and companions} and six hundred were from the followers of those who followed the Prophet Muhammad. …
Imam Malik bin Anas was one of the students of Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq. Imam Malik studied under the teaching of Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq in Madinah and he used to say: ‘He was among the pious scholars who fear Allah.’ و قد أخذ عن الإمام جعفر الصادق رضي الله عنه الإمام مالك في المدينة و قال …
[Adapted from the Siyar A’lam an-Nubala’ ~ The Lives of the Noble Figures] 1} Imam Malik ibn Anas: ‘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, …