Book Name:Imam Malik Ki Seerat
Dear Islamic brothers! Imām Mālik رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه is a great scholar and leader who has a special position among the scholars of hadith and the jurists رَحْمَۃُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَیْہِمْ اَجْمَعِیْن.
Let us listen to 2 narrations in his praise:
1. He صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “Knowledge will come to an end, and there will be none more knowledgeable than the Scholar of Madinah who will remain.”[1]
2. He صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, “People will soon travel (to seek knowledge), and they will not find anyone more knowledgeable than the Scholar of Madinah.”[2]
Sayyidunā Ibn ʿUyaynah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states, “According to the hadith scholars, the ‘Scholar of Madinah’ refers to Imām Mālik bin Anas رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه.”[3] Sayyidunā Abd al-Razzāq said, “It is our opinion that there is no one other than Imām Mālik bin Anas رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه who is known as the ‘Scholar of Madinah’. More people travelled to him to seek knowledge compared to others.”[4]
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
O devotees of the Prophet! It is natural that when we love people, we are drawn to everything that is connected to them. اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه Imām Mālik رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه was completely immersed in his love for Allah and His Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم. He رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه was a true devotee of the Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم with deep reverence for hadith tradition and the sacred