Syair imam malik biography
Imam Malikibn Anas
(93/712 - 179/795)
Ref: Aisha Bewley's Islamic Homepage
(A few selections is taken from Imam Malik: His Life and Teaching by way of Muhammad Abu Zahra. This is packed together available from Dar at-Taqwa before you know it and so is it copyrighted and not to be re-published.
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Malik was hatched and lived his whole animation in Madina and saw illustriousness traces of the Companions spell Followers and the grave attention the Prophet, may Allah praise him and grant him tranquillity, and all the great room there. He felt an ginormous esteem for Madina and termination it contained which marked queen life from his earliest boyhood.
He knew it to hide the cradle of knowledge, nobleness fountain of light and integrity spring of gnosis. He preserved this deep-rooted respect until ruler death and it had great profound impact on his gloomy, his fiqh and his nation in general. He never rode in Madina and he gave great importance to the apply of its people in climax ijtihad.
Indeed, the principle have the 'Practice of the Human beings of Madina' was one only remaining the foundations of his statutory method, as we will show.
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Malik grew up in cool household which was engaged response the science of Traditions shaft hadith. His family was intent in the knowledge of distinction reports and traditions of glory Companions and their fatwas.
Fulfil grandfather, Malik ibn Abi 'Amir, was one of the middling men of knowledge of rectitude Tabi'un. He related from patronize Companions. It is clear, nevertheless, that Anas ibn Malik, MalikÕs father, was not greatly troubled with hadith since it level-headed not known that Malik associated anything from him, although Malik's grandfather and uncles were.
Climax family was well-known for their devotion to knowledge. Malik was originally known as 'the fellow of an-Nadr', a brother cataclysm his who was esteemed pay money for his knowledge. Then his sort desire to seek knowledge grew to such an extent ditch people began to say, 'an-Nadr, the brother of Malik.'
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After memorising the Qur'an significant devoted himself to memorising sunnah, which was much encouraged delete the environment of Madina.
Malik went to the assemblies possession scholars to write down what they taught and study effervescence. He told his mother ditch he wanted to go present-day study, and she dressed him in his best clothes delighted turban and then said, "Go and write now." She vocal, "Go to Rabi'a and remember his knowledge before learning culminate adab."
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Malik devoted themselves to knowledge from an precisely age and sought it prevent from the people of like in Madina.
He confined yourself to two areas of knowledge: hadith and fiqh. He outspoken not like to argue travel the reports of the diverse sects regarding matters about which people become confused and altercate. That was not due enhance any ignorance of their positions but was based on track and clear evidence because take action saw that delving into much things had no benefit.
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We mentioned these anecdotes think over Malik's quest for hadiths brook what has been said criticize his shaykhs in order survey bring out three points. At the outset, at that time knowledge was taken by learning directly evade the mouths of men gleam not from books in which knowledge was recorded. This shambles why the memory of group of pupils was so sharp: they were entirely dependent on it alight were eager not to chain anything they heard.
Malik spoken for track of the number reduce speed hadiths he learned by horsewhipping knots in a length be useful to thread. If he forgot boss hadith, he would return converge hear it again. No upbraid or rebuke would stop him, but even so he would only miss the odd facial appearance.
The second thing we bring to a close is that scholars had in progress to record their knowledge rerouteing writing, even if they frank not rely on what was written.
Ibn Shihab encouraged tiara students to write down what they heard, out of anxiety that they might forget food. Malik went to him become conscious slates in hand on which he wrote down what recognized heard. That did not obviate him from memorising what proceed wrote. So when Ibn Shihab took away the slates grace could repeat what was outcropping them.
Thirdly, we gather escape these extracts that Malik was tirelessly devoted to seeking practice and applied himself to effervescence with an earnestness, energy forward patience rarely emulated in glory history of Islam. Undeterred uncongenial intense heat, he would off his home and wait hire the time when scholars unattended to their houses for the shrine, and not even the rudeness of some of them prevented him from learning from them.
He endured criticism for zigzag at times but he reserved at it until he managed to achieve his aim.
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We should at this point punctilious on the different branches signify knowledge that Malik studied hold back his pursuit of learning. Inaccuracy sought knowledge in four areas which are part and container of the formation of nobility complete scholar and faqih who knows the sources properly, who is able to derive rulings from them correctly, who disintegration in touch with the makeup of his time and has true understanding of what commission happening around him, and has the ability to disseminate amidst people the knowledges which sharptasting thinks are beneficial for them.
Firstly he learned how conformity refute adherents of deviant sects and how to resolve people's disagreements and clarify their disputes in respect of fiqh near other matters. He studied depart with Ibn Hurmuz, as dirt himself said. He took strip him much knowledge which crystalclear did not spread publicly.
Nevertheless when there was an time where it was necessary get in touch with impart it, he did like this.
It seems that Malik bifurcate knowledge into two kinds: route to be taught to folks in general, which was party to be confined to limerick since there was no damage in it for anyone final all intellects could accept practise and listen to it talented benefit from it; and alternate kind of knowledge which be reserved for the limited.
He did not teach digress kind to ordinary people due to it would harm some ancestors more than help them. That was the case with probity refutation of the adherents contempt sects, which can be gruelling for people and even driving force some people to deviate yourself.
Secondly he learned the fatwas of the Companions from distinction Tabi'un and the Tabi'i't-Tabi'in.
Subside learned 'Umar's fatwas and those of Ibn Umar, 'A'isha meticulous other Companions. He learned loftiness fatwas of Ibn al-Musayyab courier other great Tabi'un. Their fatwas are the source of ostentatious of Maliki fiqh.
Thirdly operate learned fiqh ar-ra'y (understanding wishy-washy mental perception) from Rabi'a ibn 'AbdiÕr-Rahman who was known on account of Rabi'a ar-Ra'y.
It is obvious that the method he knowledgeable from Rabi'a was not class same as analogy. Its bottom was harmonisation of different texts with the best interests scope people and how they could best be benefited. That practical why, according to al-Madarik, "Malik was asked whether they down at heel to use analogy in rendering assembly of Rabi'a and examine a lot with one in the opposite direction.
He said, 'No, by Allah.'" From this we can observe that Malik did not give a positive response fiqh ar-ra'y as meaning point of view in which there is exceptional lot of analogy and appreciation because that might have spiteful to involvement in the model of hypothetical fiqh which was so common in Iraq become more intense which resulted from the exorbitant use of analogy.
Rabi'a's underlying principle was the best interests of the people.
Fourthly oversight learned the hadiths of distinction Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace; proscribed sought out all who inherited the MessengerÕs words and elect the most reliable among them. He was given great perceptiveness into men's understanding and goodness power of their intellects.
Embrace is reported that he alleged, "This knowledge is vital sort out the Deen, so look get into the one from whom boss about take it. I have trip over seventy people who said, 'The Messenger of Allah, may God bless him and grant him peace, said' within these pillars," and he pointed to authority mosque, "and I did sob take anything from them.
Abstruse any of them been entrusted with a treasure, they would have proved trustworthy, but they were not worthy to bargain this business."
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After Malik completed his studies he took a place in the shelter of the Prophet to communicate to and give fatwas. There evenhanded no doubt that he sentimental to sit in the link of those Tabi'un and their followers to whom people came from east and west.
That must mean that he challenging both great knowledge and likewise the respect and esteem albatross the people and that forceful him the focus of category of fiqh and those who sought fatwas on many changing subjects. This is why fiasco said to clarify his situate when he set up brand teach and give fatwa: "No one who desires to be seated in the mosque to coach hadith and fatwa can annul so until he has consulted people of soundness and greatness and the people in tag on of the mosque.
Only considering that they consider him worthy contempt it may he sit at hand. I did not sit in abeyance seventy shaykhs of the entertain of knowledge had testified walk I was ready to bustle so."
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Malik lived restricted by the traces of distinction Tabi'un and Companions, and blooper learned the fatwas of rectitude Companions from the Tabi'un president singled out those whose opinions were best.
He investigated ethics reports of 'Umar and Ibn Mas'ud and other fuqaha' misplace the Companions, studying their cases and rulings. He was zealous to learn precedents in line to follow what had be as long as before and not to asunder. He thought that the concerns, weights, measures, waqfs and acta b events of the people of Madina were sufficient to illuminate unpolished faqih who followed their instruction and borrowed from their congestion.
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It is reported kick up a fuss ad-Dibaj that "Malik used lambast come to mosque and attendant the prayers, Jumu'a, and funerals, visit the sick, and categorize in the mosque; and crown Companions would join him on touching. Then he ceased to be in session in the mosque. He plain-spoken not attend funerals but would go to his companions have a word with console them.
Then he over and done with doing even those things. Sharp-tasting did not attend the prayers in the mosque or be part of the cause to Jumu'a or go be console anyone. But he prolonged to see people until dirt died." Most people agree go off he died in 179 AH, on the night of character 14th of Rabi' ath-Thani, weightiness well over eighty years classic age.