Biographies of the Four Imams | Episode (2) | Imam Malik, may God have mercy on him

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0:08 The Biographies of the Four Imams:

0:17 four lives abounding in beauty and grandeur,

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0:33 by Imam al-Dhahabi, may Allah have mercy on him,

0:37 prepared by Shaykh Muhammad al-Muhanna,

0:41 may Allah preserve him.

0:45 Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him:

0:51 he is the Shaykh al-Islam,

0:54 the Proof of the Ummah,

0:55 the Imam of the Abode of Migration (Madinah),

0:57 Abu 'Abdullah,

0:59 Malik ibn Anas

1:00 ibn Malik ibn Abi 'Amir

1:02 al-Asbahi al-Madani.

1:04 His mother was 'Aliyah bint Sharik al-Azdiyyah.

1:09 Malik's birth, according to the most correct view,

1:11 was in the year ninety-three,

1:13 the year of the passing of Anas,

1:15 the servant of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

1:19 He grew up in an environment of dignity, comfort, and grace,

1:23 and sought sacred knowledge while still a youth,

1:25 in his mid-teens.

1:28 He learned from Nafi', Ibn al-Munkadir, al-Zuhri,

1:31 Hisham ibn 'Urwah, and countless others.

1:34 He became qualified to issue formal legal verdicts (fatwa)

1:36 and sat to teach when he was just twenty-one years old.

1:40 A group of scholars narrated from him while he was still a tender youth,

1:44 and seekers of knowledge journeyed to him from all horizons

1:47 toward the end of Abu Ja'far al-Mansur's reign

1:50 and thereafter.

1:52 They crowded around him during the caliphate of al-Rashid,

1:55 until his death.

1:57 On the authority of Abu Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, who said:

2:01 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

2:04 "People will soon beat the flanks of camels in search of knowledge,

2:08 yet they will find no scholar more knowledgeable than the scholar of Madinah."

2:13 It is related from Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah that he said:

2:17 "I used to say

2:18 he was Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab,

2:20 until I realized

2:22 that in his era there were Sulayman ibn Yasar,

2:25 Salim ibn 'Abdullah, and others.

2:28 Then today I have come to say:

2:31 it is indeed Malik,

2:32 for none remains in Madinah equal to him."

2:36 Abu al-Mughirah al-Makhzumi mentioned that its meaning is:

2:39 as long as Muslims seek knowledge,

2:43 they will find none more knowledgeable than a scholar in Madinah.

2:46 Accordingly, this applies to

2:48 Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab,

2:50 then after him, those among Malik's teachers,

2:54 then Malik,

2:55 then whoever maintained his knowledge after him.

2:58 I say:

2:59 the scholar of Madinah in his respective time,

3:02 after the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him,

3:05 and his companion (Abu Bakr),

3:06 was Zayd ibn Thabit and 'A'ishah,

3:09 then Ibn 'Umar,

3:10 then Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab,

3:13 then al-Zuhri,

3:14 then 'Ubaydullah ibn 'Umar,

3:17 then Malik.

3:18 Ibn 'Uyaynah said:

3:20 "Malik is the scholar of the people of the Hijaz,

3:23 and he is the proof of his age."

3:25 Al-Shafi'i said—and he spoke truly and excellently:

3:29 "Whenever scholars are mentioned,

3:31 Malik is the brilliant star."

3:33 Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkar said

3:35 regarding the hadith "People will soon beat the flanks of camels":

3:39 Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah,

3:40 whenever he narrated this during Malik's lifetime,

3:43 would say:

3:45 "I deem him to be Malik."

3:47 He maintained this view for a long time,

3:49 then later reconsidered

3:51 and said:

3:52 "I deem him to be 'Abdullah ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-'Umari, the ascetic."

3:57 Ibn 'Abd al-Barr and several others said:

4:00 Al-'Umari is not one to rival Malik in sacred knowledge and fiqh,

4:04 even though he was a nobleman, a master, and a devoted worshipper.

4:08 I say:

4:09 This al-'Umari possessed sound knowledge, fiqh, and virtue;

4:14 he was an outspoken champion of truth,

4:16 an enjoiner of good,

4:18 and secluded from the people.

4:20 Whenever he was alone with Malik, he would urge him

4:23 toward asceticism, detachment from worldly ties, and seclusion.

4:26 May Allah have mercy on them both.

4:28 Al-Hafiz Ibn 'Abd al-Barr mentioned in *al-Tamhid*

4:31 that 'Abdullah al-'Umari, the devoted worshipper,

4:34 wrote to Malik urging him toward seclusion and solitary devotion.

4:38 So Malik wrote back to him:

4:41 "Indeed, Allah has distributed deeds just as He has distributed provisions.

4:45 For many a man has been granted devotion in voluntary prayer,

4:48 but not in fasting;

4:50 another has been granted devotion in charity,

4:53 but not in fasting;

4:55 and another has been granted devotion in jihad.

4:58 Spreading knowledge is among the most virtuous of righteous deeds,

5:01 and I am well pleased with what Allah has granted me therein.

5:04 Nor do I believe that the path I am on is inferior to yours,

5:08 and I hope that both of us are upon goodness and righteousness."

5:12 There was no scholar in Madinah after the Tabi'un

5:18 who rivaled Malik in knowledge, fiqh,

5:21 majesty, and memorization.

5:23 Madinah had possessed, after the Companions, figures like

5:26 Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab, the Seven Jurists,

5:29 al-Qasim, Salim,

5:32 'Ikrimah, Nafi', and their generation;

5:35 then Zayd ibn Aslam, Ibn Shihab,

5:38 Abu al-Zinad, Yahya ibn Sa'id,

5:41 Safwan ibn Salim,

5:43 Rabi'ah ibn Abi 'Abd al-Rahman, and their generation.

5:47 When they passed away,

5:49 renown in Madinah belonged to Malik, Ibn Abi Dhi'b,

5:52 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn al-Majishun,

5:55 al-Darawardi, and their peers.

5:58 Yet Malik was undeniably the foremost among them all,

6:02 the one toward whom the flanks of camels were spurred from across the horizons,

6:06 may Allah the Exalted have mercy on him.

6:09 Al-Ru'ayni said:

6:11 Caliph al-Mahdi arrived in Madinah,

6:13 so he sent for Malik, and Malik came to him.

6:16 The Caliph then said to his two sons, Harun and Musa:

6:19 "Listen to him."

6:21 So they sent for him, but he did not respond to their summons.

6:23 Al-Mahdi was informed of this

6:25 and spoke to him about it.

6:27 Malik replied: "O Commander of the Believers,

6:30 knowledge is to be approached, not summoned."

6:32 Al-Mahdi said: "Malik has spoken the truth;

6:35 go to him."

6:37 When they arrived at his gathering,

6:39 their tutor said to him:

6:41 "Read to us."

6:43 Malik said:

6:45 "The people of Madinah read before the scholar

6:48 just as children read before their schoolmaster;

6:51 if they make an error, he corrects them."

6:54 So they returned to al-Mahdi,

6:56 who sent for Malik and spoke to him.

6:59 Malik said:

7:00 "I heard Ibn Shihab say:

7:03 'We gathered this knowledge in the Rawdah from prominent men,

7:06 who were, O Commander of the Believers:

7:09 Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab,

7:11 Abu Salamah, 'Urwah,

7:13 al-Qasim, Salim,

7:15 Kharijah ibn Zayd,

7:18 Nafi',

7:20 and 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Hurmuz;

7:22 and from after them:

7:24 Abu al-Zinad, Rabi'ah,

7:26 Yahya ibn Sa'id, and Ibn Shihab—

7:29 all of them had students read before them,

7:32 and they did not read themselves.'"

7:34 Al-Mahdi said:

7:36 "In these figures lies an exemplary precedent;

7:38 go to him and read before him."

7:40 And so they did.

7:42 Qutaybah said:

7:44 Whenever we entered upon Malik,

7:46 he would come out to us adorned,

7:48 wearing kohl and perfumed,

7:50 dressed in his finest clothes.

7:52 He would preside over the study circle,

7:54 call for hand fans,

7:56 and distribute a fan to each of us.

7:59 Muhammad ibn 'Umar said:

8:01 Malik used to come to the mosque,

8:04 attending the prescribed prayers, the Friday sermon, and funeral processions;

8:08 he would visit the sick

8:10 and sit in the mosque,

8:12 where his companions would gather around him.

8:14 Then he ceased sitting there;

8:16 he would pray and depart,

8:18 and he stopped attending funerals.

8:21 Later, he gave all of that up, including the Friday prayer,

8:24 yet the people tolerated it all,

8:27 being as eager as ever to learn from him.

8:30 He would occasionally be questioned about this,

8:32 and he would say:

8:34 "Not everyone is able to disclose his valid excuse."

8:38 He meant that he had been afflicted with an ailment

8:41 that prevented him from attending the Friday prayer and congregational prayers.

8:44 He said:

8:46 His assembly was a gathering of dignity and forbearance,

8:50 for he was an awe-inspiring, noble man;

8:53 there was no disputation or clamor in his gathering,

8:57 nor any raising of voices.

8:59 Isma'il ibn Abi Uways said:

9:02 I asked my maternal uncle Malik about a legal issue,

9:05 and he said to me: "Wait."

9:07 Then he performed ablution and sat upon the couch.

9:10 He then said:

9:12 "There is no power and no strength except with Allah."

9:15 And he would never issue a legal verdict until he had uttered it.

9:18 Abu Mus'ab said:

9:20 "Malik would never narrate hadith unless he was in a state of ritual purity,

9:24 out of deep reverence for the hadith."

9:26 The physical description of Imam Malik:

9:31 'Isa ibn 'Umar said:

9:33 "I have never seen any fair complexion with a ruddy hue

9:36 more handsome than the face of Malik,

9:38 nor any garment whiter than that of Malik."

9:41 More than one authority transmitted

9:44 that he was tall and solidly built,

9:47 large-headed, fair-haired with a blondish complexion,

9:49 white-haired in beard and head,

9:51 having a magnificent, thick beard,

9:53 and it was said he had blue eyes.

9:56 Abu 'Asim said:

9:59 "I have never seen a hadith scholar more handsome in countenance than Malik."

10:02 Abu Mus'ab said:

10:05 "Malik was among the most handsome of people in face,

10:08 the clearest and most radiant of them in gaze,

10:10 the purest of them in his fair complexion,

10:12 and the most perfectly tall among them with an excellent physique."

10:15 Al-Qadi 'Iyad cited from various chains of transmission

10:18 the elegance of the Imam's attire

10:21 and the exquisite perfection of his dignified appearance.

10:23 Malik was an eminent master in the critical appraisal of narrators (naqd al-rijal),

10:26 a consummate, precise, and masterly memorizer of hadith.

10:29 'Atiq ibn Ya'qub said:

10:32 "I heard Malik say:

10:34 'Ibn Shihab narrated to me forty-odd hadiths,

10:38 and then said: "Recite them back to me."

10:41 So I recited forty of those hadiths back to him from memory.'"

10:45 Al-Shafi'i said:

10:47 "Muhammad ibn al-Hasan said:

10:49 'I stayed with Malik for over three years,

10:53 and I heard directly from his own words more than seven hundred hadiths.'

10:57 So whenever Muhammad narrated on the authority of Malik,

11:01 his house would become completely packed;

11:03 but whenever he narrated on the authority of other Kufan scholars,

11:06 only a very few would come to him."

11:09 Ibn Abi 'Umar al-'Adani said:

11:13 "I heard al-Shafi'i say:

11:15 'Malik is my teacher, and from him I acquired knowledge.'"

11:19 Ibn Mahdi said:

11:21 "The foremost leaders of the people in their era were four:

11:24 al-Thawri, Malik,

11:26 al-Awza'i, and Hammad ibn Zayd."

11:29 And he said:

11:31 "I have never seen anyone more profoundly intelligent than Malik."

11:34 It is related that Malik said:

11:36 "The shield of the scholar is to say: 'I do not know.'

11:39 If he neglects it, he exposes his mortal vulnerabilities."

11:42 Al-Haytham ibn Jamil said:

11:45 "I heard Malik being asked about forty-eight issues,

11:49 and in thirty-two of them he answered: 'I do not know.'"

11:54 Malik said:

11:55 "I heard 'Abdullah ibn Yazid ibn Hurmuz say:

11:59 'A scholar ought to pass down to his companions the habit of saying,

12:03 "I do not know,"

12:05 so that it becomes a foundational refuge they readily turn to.'"

12:09 Ibn 'Abd al-Barr said:

12:11 "It is authentically transmitted from Abu al-Darda'

12:13 that saying 'I do not know' is half of knowledge."

12:16 The Trial:

12:20 Muhammad ibn Jarir said:

12:22 "Malik was once subjected to flogging with whips,

12:25 and opinions differed regarding the reason for that.

12:28 Al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid narrated to me:

12:30 Ibn Dhakwan narrated to us,

12:32 on the authority of Marwan al-Tatari,

12:34 that Abu Ja'far al-Mansur forbade Malik from narrating the hadith:

12:39 'There is no divorce binding upon one who is coerced.'

12:42 Then he secretly dispatched someone to ask him about it,

12:44 and Malik narrated it to him publicly before all the people,

12:48 so he had him flogged with whips."

12:50 Ahmad ibn Hanbal was asked:

12:52 "Who flogged Malik?"

12:54 He said:

12:55 "One of the governors, concerning the divorce of the coerced,

12:58 as Malik did not deem it valid;

13:00 so he flogged him on account of that."

13:02 Al-Waqidi said:

13:04 "When Malik was summoned, consulted,

13:07 listened to, and his opinions were embraced,

13:10 he was envied,

13:11 and people sought to transgress against him by every means.

13:13 When Ja'far ibn Sulayman was appointed governor over Medina,

13:17 they slandered Malik to him,

13:19 heaping accusations against him in his presence,

13:21 and they said:

13:22 'He does not regard this oath of allegiance of yours to be of any binding value,

13:26 and he relies upon a hadith

13:28 which he narrated from Thabit ibn al-Ahnaf concerning the divorce of the coerced,

13:32 holding that it has no validity in his view.'"

13:35 He said:

13:36 "Thereupon Ja'far became furious

13:37 and summoned Malik.

13:39 He confronted him with what had been reported against him,

13:42 then ordered that he be stripped and flogged with whips.

13:46 His arms were stretched so violently that his shoulder was dislocated,

13:49 and a grievous injustice was committed against him.

13:52 Yet by Allah, after that Malik only continued to rise in honor and lofty standing."

13:57 I say:

13:58 this is the fruit of praiseworthy tribulation,

14:01 in that it elevates the servant in the estimation of the believers.

14:04 For when a believer is tested,

14:06 he endures patiently, takes admonition, and seeks Allah's forgiveness,

14:09 never occupying himself with vilifying those who wronged him;

14:12 for Allah is an equitable Judge.

14:14 He then praises Allah for the preservation of his religion,

14:18 knowing that punishment in this world is lighter and ultimately far better for him.

14:22 Abu al-Walid al-Baji said:

14:25 "It is related that al-Mansur performed the pilgrimage

14:28 and offered Malik legal retribution (qisas) against Ja'far ibn Sulayman, who had flogged him—

14:33 meaning he surrendered him to Malik so he could exact retribution from him—

14:36 but Malik refused and said:

14:38 'I seek refuge in Allah!'"

14:40 Malik—may Allah have mercy on him—authored a treatise on divine decree (qadar),

14:47 which he wrote to Ibn Wahb, and its chain of transmission is authentic.

14:51 He also had a work on the stars and lunar mansions,

14:55 transmitted by Sahnun from Ibn Nafi' al-Sa'igh on his authority.

14:59 He had a small treatise in Tafsir,

15:02 a single-volume treatise on judicial rulings (al-aqdiyah),

15:05 and the work 'Kitab al-Sirr' through the transmission of Ibn al-Qasim from him.

15:10 As for what his senior disciples transmitted from him of juridical issues, fatwas, and scholarly benefits,

15:16 it is exceedingly vast.

15:18 Among those treasures are

15:20 al-Mudawwanah, al-Wadihah, and other seminal works.

15:24 In any case,

15:26 wherever the fiqh of Malik reaches,

15:29 the vast majority of his legal positions are sound and firmly guided;

15:32 and were there nothing to his credit other than blocking legal stratagems (hiyal)

15:36 and observing the higher objectives of the law (maqasid), it would indeed suffice him.

15:39 His school of thought spread throughout the Maghreb and al-Andalus,

15:42 vast parts of the lands of Egypt,

15:44 parts of the Levant, Yemen, and the Sudan,

15:47 as well as Basra, Baghdad, Kufa,

15:50 and parts of Khorasan.

15:52 Yet this great Imam—

15:54 namely, Imam Malik—

15:56 who is truly a guiding star,

15:58 was profoundly fair and uttered a decisive statement

16:01 when he said:

16:03 "The words of anyone may be accepted or rejected,

16:06 except for the occupant of this grave, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him."

16:11 Al-Shafi'i said:

16:13 "Knowledge revolves around three men:

16:15 Malik, al-Layth, and Ibn 'Uyaynah."

16:18 I say:

16:21 and alongside them are al-Awza'i, al-Thawri,

16:24 Ma'mar, Abu Hanifah,

16:26 Shu'bah, and the two Hammads.

16:29 It is related from al-Awza'i

16:31 that whenever Malik was mentioned, he would say:

16:34 "He is the scholar of scholars and the mufti of the Two Holy Sanctuaries."

16:38 Abu Yusuf said:

16:40 "I have never seen anyone more knowledgeable than Abu Hanifah,

16:43 Malik, and Ibn Abi Layla."

16:46 Ahmad ibn Hanbal mentioned Malik

16:49 and gave him precedence over al-Awza'i, al-Thawri,

16:52 al-Layth, Hammad, and al-Hakam in knowledge,

16:56 saying:

16:57 "He is an imam in hadith and in fiqh."

17:00 Malik said:

17:02 "I did not issue fatwas until seventy scholars testified

17:05 that I was qualified to do so."

17:07 Abu al-'Abbas al-Sarraj said:

17:10 "I heard al-Bukhari say:

17:12 'The soundest of all chains of transmission is:

17:14 Malik, from Nafi', from Ibn 'Umar.'"

17:17 From Malik's statements concerning the Sunnah:

17:22 Mutarrif ibn 'Abdullah said:

17:25 "I heard Malik say:

17:27 'The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,

17:31 and the leaders of authority after him laid down sunnahs;

17:34 adhering to them is following the Book of Allah,

17:37 the perfection of obedience to Allah,

17:40 and strength in the religion of Allah.

17:42 No one has the right to alter or replace them,

17:46 nor to entertain anything that contradicts them.

17:49 Whoever is guided by them is truly guided,

17:52 whoever seeks victory through them is granted victory,

17:55 and whoever abandons them follows a path other than that of the believers,

17:59 so Allah will leave him to what he has turned to,

18:02 and cast him into Hell—and an evil destination it is!'"

18:06 Ishaq ibn 'Isa said:

18:08 "Malik said:

18:10 'Are we, every time a man comes along who is more skilled in disputation than another,

18:13 to abandon what Gabriel brought down to Muhammad, peace be upon him,

18:18 on account of his argumentation?'"

18:20 Ja'far ibn 'Abdullah said:

18:23 "We were in the presence of Malik,

18:25 when a man came to him and said:

18:27 'O Abu 'Abdullah,

18:29 “The Beneficent One, Who is established on the Throne.” (20:5)

18:32 how did He ascend (istawa)?'

18:34 Malik was never troubled by anything

18:37 as much as he was troubled by his question.

18:39 He looked down at the ground,

18:41 scratching it with a stick in his hand,

18:44 until he was dripping with sweat.

18:46 Then he raised his head, tossed the stick aside,

18:49 and said:

18:51 "The modality is beyond human comprehension,

18:53 the Istiwa' (ascending the Throne) is not unknown,

18:56 believing in it is obligatory,

18:59 asking about its modality is an innovation,

19:01 and I suspect that you are an innovator!"

19:03 He then ordered him to be expelled.

19:06 'Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal narrated

19:09 in the book *al-Radd 'ala al-Jahmiyyah*

19:12 on the authority of 'Abdullah ibn Nafi',

19:14 who said

19:15 that Malik said:

19:16 "Allah is above the heavens,

19:18 yet His knowledge is everywhere;

19:21 nothing is hidden from it."

19:23 Ibn Abi Uways said:

19:25 "I heard Malik say:

19:27 'The Qur'an is the speech of Allah,

19:30 and the speech of Allah originates from Him,

19:32 and nothing originating from Allah is created.'"

19:35 Ibn Nafi' narrated from Malik,

19:38 "[Whoever] says the Qur'an is created

19:40 should be flogged and imprisoned."

19:42 The judge said:

19:44 More than one narrator reported from Malik:

19:46 "Faith consists of speech and action;

19:49 it increases and decreases,

19:51 and parts of it are superior to others."

19:53 Ibn 'Adi said in *Musnad Malik*,

19:58 with an authentic chain of transmission from Ibn Wahb,

20:01 that Malik said:

20:02 "Nafi' transmitted an immense amount of knowledge from Ibn 'Umar,

20:06 far more than Ibn 'Umar's own sons transmitted from him."

20:09 Ibn Wahb said

20:11 that Malik said:

20:13 "I used to visit Nafi' when I was a young boy;

20:17 he would step down from his stairs, stand with me, and narrate hadiths to me.

20:21 He used to sit in the mosque after the dawn prayer,

20:24 and hardly anyone would come to him."

20:27 Ibn Wahb also said:

20:29 "I heard Malik say:

20:31 'It is incumbent upon anyone who seeks knowledge

20:34 to possess dignity, serenity, and reverence.'"

20:38 And he said

20:39 that Malik said:

20:40 "It has reached me that no one practices renunciation of the world and acts with piety

20:44 except that they are granted speech of wisdom."

20:47 And he said

20:48 that Malik said:

20:50 "Indeed, whenever a person praises himself,

20:53 his dignity departs."

20:55 Ibn Wahb said:

20:56 "Malik's sister was asked,

20:58 'What was Malik's main occupation in his home?'

21:01 She replied:

21:02 'The Mus-haf and reciting the Qur'an.'"

21:06 Khalid ibn Nizar al-Ayli said:

21:09 "Al-Mansur sent for Malik when he arrived in Madinah

21:13 and said:

21:14 'The people in Iraq have differed,

21:17 so author a book around which we can unite them.'

21:20 Thus, he composed *al-Muwatta'*."

21:22 Al-Shafi'i said:

21:24 "There is no book of knowledge on earth

21:26 more sound than Malik's *al-Muwatta'*."

21:29 I say:

21:30 He said this before the two Sahihs were compiled.

21:34 Abu Mus'ab said:

21:36 "People used to crowd around Malik's door

21:39 to the point of fighting from the sheer congestion.

21:42 When we were in his presence,

21:44 no one would turn toward another,

21:47 all lowering their heads in complete stillness.

21:50 Even rulers held him in awe.

21:53 He would answer with a simple 'no' or 'yes,'

21:55 and no one would dare ask him,

21:57 'From where do you say that?'"

21:59 Mus'ab ibn 'Abdullah said regarding Malik:

22:03 "He leaves a question unanswered, yet none challenge him out of awe,

22:06 while the inquirers lower their chins in reverence.

22:10 The dignity of majesty and the luminous authority of piety surround him;

22:14 thus he is revered, though he holds no worldly reign."

22:17 Ibn Mahdi said:

22:19 "I have never seen anyone more awe-inspiring,

22:21 of more complete intellect than Malik,

22:24 nor of deeper piety."

22:26 Ibn Wahb said:

22:28 "What we conveyed of Malik's exemplary conduct

22:30 is far more than what we learned of his knowledge."

22:37 Al-Qa'nabi said:

22:40 "I heard them say

22:42 that Malik's lifespan was eighty-nine years;

22:46 he passed away in the year one hundred and seventy-nine."

22:49 Isma'il ibn Abi Uways said:

22:52 "Malik fell ill,

22:54 so I asked some of our family about what he said at the time of death.

22:58 They said he uttered the testimony of faith, and then recited: ◁To Allah belongs the command before and after.▷"

23:01 “Within ten years - Allah's is the command in the former case and in the latter - and in that day believers will rejoice” (30:4)

23:05 He passed away on the morning of the fourteenth of Rabi' al-Awwal

23:09 in the year one hundred and seventy-nine.

23:12 The funeral prayer was led by the governor 'Abdullah

23:15 ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim

23:17 ibn Muhammad ibn 'Ali

23:19 ibn 'Abdullah

23:20 ibn 'Abbas al-Hashimi.

23:22 He was washed by Ibn Abi Zinbar

23:24 and Ibn Kinanah,

23:26 while his son Yahya

23:27 and his scribe Habib

23:29 poured the water over them.

23:31 I say: He was buried in al-Baqi'.

23:35 Biographies of the Four Imams.

Biographies of the Four Imams | Episode (2) | Imam Malik, may God have mercy on him

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