Imam Malik
When Allah takes one from the world Allah gives another
Each of the Imams are different and we love them all
Imam Malik is very different from Abu Hanifa
Imam Malik is in Madinah
Madinah has the children of sahaba
Madinah was very political stable at the time
Madinah was center of Hadith study
Prophet says There will come a time when people will strike their backs of their camel to seek knowledge
They will not find anyone more knowledgeable than the scholar in Madinah
Imam Malik achieves the high position
He was born 93 AH the same year Anas bin Malik passed away
His name Malik ibn Anas Ibn Amr ibn As bahi Al Yemani
His mothers name is Alia bint Shareek
His father name is Anas ibn amr
both his parents are Yemeni
Prophet loved the people of Yemen
His grandfather was Malik bin Abu Amr
Malik Bin Abu Amr moved to Madinah during Umar
Imam Malik's grandfather was student of all great Sahaba
Imam Malik's grandfather was involved in writing of Quran
His grandfather buried Uthman bin Affan with Ali bin Abi Talib
His grandfather fought in conquest of north africa
His grandfather was advisor to Umar bin Abdul Aziz
Imam Malik's father was a scholar
His uncle and aunts were scholars
Abu Sohail was uncle of Imam Malik and a teacher of Imam Zuhri who was first man to collect Hadith
Imam Malik's brother is also a scholar the same age as zuhri
His mother a very big influence in his life
His father used to make arrows and Imam Malik learned it too
Everyone would go to Madinah to learn the deen
Imam Malik likeness himself to Abdullah bin Umar
Ibn Umar settled himself to Madinah and avoided the fitnah
Ibn Umar told Ibn Zubair to come to Madinah
Imam Malik did not travel outside of Madinah except for Hajj
Prophet said whoever can die in Madinah should do so
Prophet said he will intercede for him
Imam Malik never interacted with sahabi
He is from the third generation
Pregnancy of Imam Malik lasted for 2 to 3 years
He had very white skin and blond hair and blue eyes
He was very handsome
Imam Malik growing up was not very religious
He used to play with pigeons
He wanted to be a singer
His mother tried to talk him out of it
His mother would go out to the halaqas
Imam Malik had the most female teachers and students
She directs his pursuit of knowledge
Imam Malik learned from his adab
Imam Malik would practice his singing and wore earrings
His mother said you do not have the looks of a singer
Imam Malik had a brother and their father asked a question
His brother got the answer right and Malik was wrong
His father said your pigeons made you get the answer wrong
That was when Imam Malik dedicated himself to seeking knowledge
Imam Malik spent 7 years with Abdullah ibn Yazeed ibn Hurmus
Abdullah was a freed slave who was blind
Imam Malik did not mix with any other scholar
After 7 years he spent another 5 years with his teacher and others
Imam Malik fell in love with his teacher
Imam Malik carried dates with him and he gave it to the children
Imam Malik came to him very early in the morning
Imam Malik would leave him until late night
Imam Malik would wear cotton pants so he would not get cold
Ibn Hurmes also recognized something special about Imam Malik
Imam Malik was famous for saying I dont know
Ibn Hurmes used to say I dont know
A scholar should teach his students to say I dont know
Ibn Umar used to say I dont know
Ibn hurmes met with the sahaba
Ibn Hurmes would say closed the doors and would remind the people what was it like when sahaba were around
Imam Malik is constantly reminded of the sahaba
Second teacher is Nafe the freed slave of Ibn Umar
Nafe spoke very broken arabic and spoke with a very heavy accent
When he quoted the Prophet or Ibn Umar there was no errors
Nafe narrated something Prophet said and said that's what Ibn Umar did
Nafe died when Imam Malik was 24 years old
Nafe did not answer many questions as he got older
Nafe kept to himself and was extremely quiet
Imam Malik followed the sunnah
Imam Malik was in awe of Nafe and terrified of him
There were no trees around the house of Nafe
Imam Malik's parents saw his son and felt sorry for him
His mother complained to his father
His father said leave him for he is memorizing Hadith of Prophet
Imam Malik asked Nafe what did Ibn Umar say about this
the family of Umar bin Khattab had influence on Imam Malik
Another teacher of Ibn Shiab al zuhri
Al zuhri was commanded to colect Hadith
His wife said I will not be jealous marrying 3 other wives
al zuhri spent a lot of time with his books
Al zuhri died in his library
Imam Malik takes the love of Hadith from him
the day of eid in Madinah was when everyone took a break
Imam Malik went to Al zuhri's house on eid
Imam Malik said I just want to learn
Al Zuhri laughed and said even on the day of eid
Imam Malik said learning Hadith is my Eid
Imam Malik wrote down Hadith and memorized 30 Hadith on the spot
Al Zuhri said Allah has made you a vessel of knowledge
Another teacher is Imam Jafar
Imam Jafar taught him how to pray salah properly
Imam Malik saw him while he was praying fasting or reading quran
Imam Jafar was always in the state of wudu while speaking about the Prophet
Imam Malik did the same
Imam Jafar did not get involved with that with no benefit
Imam Jafar was from the worshippers scholars and ascetics
Muhammad ibn Mukanzar was another teacher
Muhammad could not speak about the Prophet without crying
Muhammad never met the prophet
Ibn Umar also used to cry at mention of the Prophet
Imam Malik taught from the area where Umar would teach
He learned from Nafe
Imam Malik witnessed the Khalifah of Umar bin Abdul Aziz
Imam Malik was a biographer of Ibn Abdul aziz
Anas said Ibn Abdul Aziz's salah resembled that of the Prophet
He learned from Amr bin Abdullah ibn zubair
He was hasty in giving fatwas
He waited for 70 teachers to give him permission
He had a great fear of Allah
Imam Malik would constantly say whoever wants his heart to be open for guidance and whoever wants to be saved from pains of death let him make sure his actions in private and greater than his actions in public
Imam Malik was very dedicated to hiding his private deeds
Imam Malik prayed on a very soft rug so no one could see his mark of sujood
He made sure no one was in his house while he is praying
True knowledge is not memorizing a lot of Hadith rather knowledge is a light that Allah puts in the heart of a believer
Imam Malik had great love for the sunnah greater than the other Imams
the sunnah is Noah's ark whoever boards it is saved and whoever does not is drowned
Imam Malik moved into the house of Abdullah Ibn Masood right in front of the masjid
He would walk around Madinah barefoot
He did not want his shoes falling on the same spot as Prophet
Imam Malik would make ghusl and put on best clothes then talk about Prophet
Imam Malik said he dresses nice to respect to the Hadith of Prophet
Imam Malik did not like talking about the Prophet while walking
Imam Malik only took Hadith from worshippers and Ulema
You had to be living the Hadith
Imam Malik introduced the system of presenting the Hadith having his students read Hadith and Imam Malik correcting them
Imam Malik liked to eat Bannanas because Prophet ate it and it is fruit of Jannah
Abu Muawwaih ad darr wardi had dream of Imam Malik
He saw Imam Malik while sleeping in Rawda that Prophet rose from his grave and he was leaning on Abu Bakr and Umar then I stood up O messenger of Allah where did you come from
He said I came for Imam Malik and showed him the straight
Another man had the same dream about Imam Malik
He wrote letter to Imam Malik
Imam Malik saw the letter and cried and kept letter under place of sajdah
Imam Malik memorized the letter
Imam Malik would teach next to the grave of the prophet
Imam Malik had a strong endeavor
Imam Malik had a very nice house and furniture
He ate meat everyday
He hated a scholar taught without Juba and turban
Imam Malik lived a very comfortable life
Imam Malik would sponsor his students
one of his greatest student he sponsored was Imam Shafi
it was not easy to get into halaqa of Imam Malik
Imam Shafi had a difficult time to get into his halaqa
Hesham bin Amr is one of the students of Imam Malik from Sham
Hesham's father sold their house to learn from Imam Malik
Hesham came and entered the gathering
He said to Imam Malik teach me Hadith
Imam Malik said you should read a Hadith to me
He started to argue with Imam Malik
a student took him outside and hit him
Imam Malik finished his halaqa and Hesham said you committed a oppression
Imam Malik said what can I do for you to forgive me
Hesham said I want a Hadith for every time I got hit
Imam Malik gave him 15 Hadith
Imam Malik said am I forgiven
Hesham said tell him to hit me again and give me more Hadith
Imam Malik laughed and Hesham became a student
Imam Malik was born into the Ummayad period
and he witnessed the Abbasia rule
he witnessed the rule of Haroon Raheed who was a righteous man
Haroon sent a messenger to Imam Malik to teach his kids at his house
Imam Malik said no only in the masjid
Haroon sent bags and gold to Imam Malik
Imam Malik sent the gold back
Haroon ordered a big chair to be placed on Jumuah
Imam Malik pays no attention to him
His khutbah was one Hadith whoever lowers himself for Allah Allah will honor him
Haroon sat on floor and started to cry
Kaaba was being rebuilt over and over
Haroon was asked Imam Malik about changing Kaaba to rectangle
Imam Malik said no leave it alone Kaaba should not become a toy for the rulers
A women was making ghusl and she made comment this is thigh of fornicator
then her hand was stuck to her body
Imam Malik said whip her then her hand got free
Imam Shafi says I learned from Imam Malik the importance of wudu and tayyamum
Abdur Rahman ibn Qasim spent 20 years with Imam Malik
He learned 1 year of Ilm and 19 years of adab
Imam Malik's adab was greater than his knowledge
He had the quality of I dont know
A man came from Morocco to ask Imam Malik 40 questions
Imam Malik answered 36 with I dont know
The ulema of Morocco will know the situation better than him
Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Umar criticized Imam Malik's lifestyle
He said just focus on being alone and doing good deeds
Imam Malik responded by saying Allah has divided the good deeds like our rizq
A person can pray more and not fast as much
or fast more and not pray much
Imam draws nearness to Allah through his knowledge of Prophetic Hadeeth
Imam Malik responded with a lot of adab
Imam Malik was walking in the street and he was on his way to masjid
He met a drunk man who screamed out Ya Allah
Everyone ignores this man
Imam Malik went to him and took his Juba kneeled down and cleaned the mans out
he put the man around his shoulder and walked him to his house
he did not want to humiliate that man
nor did he want Allah's name to be mixed with saliva
Imam Malik saw a dream and heard voice saying to him we have purified you like you purified your brother
In the masjid he saw that man cleaned up and ready to learn Hadith from him
he said that he saw the same dream
The pride that he had was for the Prophet but not himself
Imam Malik wanted the religion to be honored
Imam Malik is more serious than Abu Hanifa
Imam Malik did not like to debated argue with the people
Imam Malik came across a man who wanted to debate with him
the man said the one who wins the debate will be followed
Imam Malik said debating will keep switching your view
that man kept changing his position then died as non muslim
How does Allah rise over his throne?
We believe in it but do not ask about it
Imam Malik's greatest teacher was Amra bint Abdul Rahman
Amra was great Muhadith and spent time with Ayesha and Umm Salamah
the greatest female student of Imam Malik was Fatima
She memorized Quran and Imam Malik collection of Hadith and his fiqh
She prayed tahhajud with her father
Imam Malik had a son who was not very religious
Muhammad Al Hasan Shaibani the student of Abu Hanifa and Imam Malik
Imam Malik took gifts and money from the government and maintained his integrity
Imam Malik would always admonish the leaders
Imam Malik came in and asked fro a glass of water
Mahdi went chasing him
Imam Malik said you cup is made of silver
Mahdi had all silver removed and donated
Imam Malik only returned when all silver cups were removed
Abu Jafar wanted one fiqh for everyone
Abu Jafar came to Imam Malik and asked him to write book
Imam Malik ignored him
Then he asked him to organize all Hadith together
Imam Malik did that
Malik to Nafe to Ibn Umar to Prophet (Golden Chain of Hadith)
2000 narrations in that and printed 100 times
Imam Malik came that to 70 scholars
they all agreed upon it
This became the text of all four Madhab
This text was sent to Andulus
this was the most authentic book at that time
Then Sahih Bukhari took its place
17 in Madinah and 2 in Makkah and 10 in Egypt and 27 in Iraq and 13 in Andulus and 2 from Kawaran (area in North Africa) and 2 from Tunis and 7 from Sham
they memorized the text
it spread all over the world very quickly
Haroon Rasheed wanted to hanged the text on the Kaaba
Imam Malik said no and said Allah allowed the difference of opinion
Imam Malik was born in the Khalifah of Waleed bin Abdul Malik
Imam Malik was born in 93 AH
He was born when Hajaj was reeking havoc
He saw the Khalifah of Suleiman
He witnessed Khalifah of Umar bin Abdul Aziz
He witnessed the revolt of Zaid bin Ali
Imam Malik maintained a neutral stance in Politics
Khawarrite had a revolt in 129 AH
Umar bin Abdul Aziz tried to negotiate with them and made peace
They rose again and Imam Malik did not get involved much
Imam Malik said leave them and Allah will take care of them
He witnessed the Abbas rule in 132 AH
Imam Malik is now 39 years old
Imam Malik is 52 years old during Abu Jafar rule
Then Imam Malik speaks
Imam Malik stayed in Madinah because he did not want to get involved
Imam Malik speaks out against Abu Jafar and gets tortured
Imam Malik was shaved and dragged by animal
Imam Malik stayed on his stance
Imam Malik did not make dua against Abu Jafar because he was from the family of the Prophet
Abu Jafar passed on and the Abbasia Khalifah was most beautiful
Haroon Rasheed gained respect of Ummah and opened it up for Ulema
Imam Malik continued to teach after wards
Imam Malik stopped coming to masjid because he developed a urinary incontinence
Imam Malik is buried in Jannah ul Baqi
Imam Malik's teachers are the children of the Sahaba
His Madhab was spread through the Muawwata
and it spread through a book called Mudowana
A scholar from Tunisia write the book and spread Madhab
Sanoon which means a fast bird
At age of 74 years old salon accepted a post on two conditions
If anyone of your family members can in trouble will be prosecuted
He did not accept a salary
Al Asad ibn Furath was student of Imam Malik
He was afraid Maliki Madhab would wipe out Hanafi Madhab
Maliki Madhab starts with Quran
Then it has the sunnah
Then the consensus of the companions
Then the practice of the people of Madinah
Then Al Qais
Then the Egyptians and his students there
Then the scholars of Iraq
then the scholars of Morocco
Al Baqhira or the hidden treasure a book about Maliki Madhab
it summarized all Maliki Madhab
Mukhtarsar Al Khaleel another book from Maliki Madhab
The Waraqkat of Juwainee a book about the Usool of the Madhab
the most famous opinion of Madhab is hands to the side in salah
Imam Malik leaves out narrations in his Muawata he does not agree with
Imam Malik does not restrict fasting 6 days of shawwal to the month of shawwal
Imam Malik dislikes a man folding his hands in salah because it is not a obligatory action
Maliki Madhab spread to North Africa and Andulus and small pockets in Hejaz