“Abdullahi bn Wahb once mentioned knowledge, to which Imam Malik commented: “Truly, extra knowledge is good, however to study what is obligatory upon you from the beginning of your day to its end is better. And from the end of your day to the following morning, adhere to that and do not give preference to …
Imam Abu Amr Al-Awza’i {May Allah have mercy upon him} said: تعلم ما لا يؤخذ به, كما تعلم ما يؤخذ به “Learn that which will not be relied upon, just as you learn that which will be relied upon.” {Tarikh Ibn ’Asakir, 35/186} And he {May Allah have mercy upon him} said: عن الأوزاعي قال …
There was one person of Asceticism {Zuhd} who once wrote a letter to Imam Malik saying: “You need to be more from the people of Zuhd! You need to start praying more at night, you need to start dressing down and you need to be known more for your fasting.” Imam Malik {May Allah have …
Imam as-Shatibi al-Andalusi {May Allah have mercy upon him} said: العلـــم وسيلــــة من الوســـائل، ليس مقصوداً لنفسه من حيث النظر الشرعى، وإنما هو وسيلة إلى العمل، وكل ماورد فى فضل العلم فإنما هو ثابت للعلم من جهة ماهو مكلَّف بالعمل به… “Knowledge is merely a means and according to the perspective of the Law is …
It is reported that Imam Malik ibn Anas {May Allah have Mercy upon them} once said to a young boy from among the Quraysh: “O! Son of my brother, learn etiquette before you acquire knowledge.” مَالِكَ بْنَ أَنَسٍ ، يَقُولُ لِفَتًى مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ : يَا ابْنَ أَخِي ، تَعَلَّمَ الأَدَبُ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَتَعَلَّمَ الْعِلْمَ {The …
Imam al-Hasan al-Basri رحمه الله said: ” One who acts without knowledge is like one who travels off the path; and the one who acts without knowledge corrupts more than he rectifies. So seek knowledge in a way that does not harm your worship, and seek to worship Allah in a way that does not harm …
Imam Ahmad ibn ‘Ajiba رحمه الله said in his autobiography, “Know that the fruit of knowledge is action, that the fruit of action is one’s state [al-hal], that the fruit of one’s state is taste [al-dhawq], that the fruit of taste is drinking [al-shurb],that drinking is followed by intoxication [al-sukr] and intoxication by lucidy [al-sahw], …
In the Muwatta’ of Imam Malik رحمه الله we find the following: Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that Luqman the Sage made his will and counselled his son, saying, “My son! Sit with the learned men and keep close to them. Allah gives life to the hearts with the light of …
Sufyan ibn Uyaynah said: “ Hadith are a pitfall except for the Fuqaha’ {Legal Jurists},” Imam Malik’s رحمه الله companion and friend `Abd Allah ibn Wahb رحمه الله said: “The meaning of every Hadith is a pitfall except for the Ulamah {scholars}, means that every memorizer of Hadith that does not have an Imam …
Shaykh Janun رحمه الله in his commentary on the book of Malik “Muwatta” mentioned what Qadi Iyad رحمه الله said: ” The Shuyukh of Imam Malik رحمه الله were 900 Shaykhs. 300 were from the Tabi’een and 600 from the Tabi Tabi’een. And Imam Malik says that ‘for thirteen years I was sitting from Fajr …