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Imam Malik

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Most recent statement · 19 Apr 2023Did Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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Latest answer · 19 Apr 2023

19 Apr 2023video LatestDid Imam Malik reject the hadith he did not act on? No: Mufti Abu Layth says Imam Malik respected such hadith by recording them in the Muwatta while noting that Madinah did not act on them, a model of hadith relativism he recommends following. Lessonposition checkedImam Malikal-Muwattaal-BukhariQadi Iyad [?] machine6 min 48 s0:01on YouTube

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2023 · 14

10 Mar 2023video Who was Imam Malik and where did he come from? Imam Malik was born in Madinah around 93 AH into an Arab family of Himyarite origin, with a Companion great-grandfather and a grandfather among the tabi'un. LessonImam MalikHimyarQahtanAdnan machine5 min 36 s1:06on YouTube
10 Mar 2023video LatestCan a pregnancy last for years, as was said of Imam Malik's birth? No: reports of years-long pregnancies are best explained by phantom pregnancies followed by real conception, not dismissed as lies or taken literally. Lessonposition checkedImam Malikphantom pregnancy (pseudocyesis)Matt Walshnifas (postnatal bleeding) machine7 min 07 s6:54on YouTube
10 Mar 2023video LatestIs it haram for men to wear earrings? Early imams including Malik wore earrings as boys; Malik disliked golden earrings for boys because of the gold, not the earring. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikSufyan [?]makruhsalaf machine4 min 57 s13:23on YouTube
10 Mar 2023video LatestHow did Imam Malik come to study religion? His mother gently steered him from singing to study, and that choice made him one of the most influential figures in Islamic history. LessonImam Malikal-Nadr, Imam Malik's brotherQuran 2:282 (be mindful of God and God will teach you), alluded to [?] machine4 min 32 s17:40on YouTube
10 Mar 2023video What did Imam Malik's teachers teach him about hadith and Sunnah? Rabi'a taught him that a practice transmitted by a thousand from a thousand outweighs a hadith passed one from one, the living tradition of Madinah. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikIbn HurmuzRabi'a al-Ra'y'amal ahl al-madinah (the practice of the people of Madinah) machine1 min 15 s22:12on YouTube
10 Mar 2023video Was Imam Malik an ascetic? No: Imam Malik was a wealthy merchant who enjoyed fine clothes and daily meat, unlike the ascetic tradition, and was criticised for it. Lessonposition checkedImam Malikzuhd (asceticism) machine2 min 34 s23:27on YouTube
10 Mar 2023video LatestIs the Muwatta of Imam Malik more authentic than Sahih al-Bukhari? The Muwatta, with Malik's 'golden chain', is arguably the most authentic book of hadith and predates al-Bukhari, though others do not rank it first. Lessonposition checkedImam Malikal-MuwattaImam al-Bukharisilsilat al-dhahab (the golden chain) machine5 min 01 s26:01on YouTube
10 Mar 2023video Why did Imam Malik sometimes reject authentic hadith? Malik would cite a hadith and say Madinah did not act on it, a devastating stance for later hadith-centred scholars, given his unmatched authority. Lessonposition checkedImam Malikal-Muwatta'amal ahl al-madinah (the practice of the people of Madinah)report: people will not find anyone more knowledgeable than the scholar of madinah machine6 min 22 s31:02on YouTube
10 Mar 2023video What is the difference between a hadith and the Sunnah in the Maliki school? The school of Madinah is 'hadith relativist': it accepts a hadith where it matches the living Sunnah and not otherwise, since hadith is historical data and the Sunnah is the Prophet's teaching. Lessonposition checkedImam Malikal-Muwattathe six booksAbu Hanifa machine5 min 01 s37:24on YouTube
10 Mar 2023video LatestIs studying religious knowledge better than voluntary prayer? Imam Malik taught that devotion to learning is not lesser than voluntary worship, the paths to God being many, and Mufti Abu Layth urges not underestimating it. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikIbn Wahbnafl (voluntary worship) machine4 min 19 s42:25on YouTube
10 Mar 2023video Why did Imam Malik never leave Madinah? Out of love for the Prophet, Malik held Madinah above Makkah, never left it except once for Hajj, and would not wear shoes or ride near the Prophet's mosque. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikMadinahMakkahMaliki school machine3 min 14 s46:44on YouTube
10 Mar 2023video LatestWhy was Imam Malik flogged? Malik was flogged for refusing to stop transmitting that a coerced divorce is invalid, which undercut forced oaths of allegiance to the Abbasids. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikMuhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyyathe Abbasidsreport: the divorce of one who is coerced is not a divorce (transmitted by Malik through Ibn Abbas; unresolved) machine7 min 29 s49:58on YouTube
10 Mar 2023video Can we ever be completely certain about religious answers? Only God is certain; every answer we hold is limited by our own understanding and that of those we learned from, a humility Imam Malik modelled. Lessonposition checkedImam Malikmaslaha (public welfare)Quran 3:173 (God is sufficient for us)Quran 45:32 (we only think it is conjecture and we are not certain) machine4 min 50 s57:27on YouTube
10 Mar 2023video LatestWho carried on Imam Malik's teaching after him? His daughter, who had memorised his hadith and taught his classes after him, while his sons showed little interest. Lessonposition checkedImam Malikal-MuwattaFatima, Imam Malik's daughterMuhammad, Imam Malik's son [?] machine4 min 12 s1:02:17on YouTube

2022 · 3

10 Dec 2022video Why was Abu Hanifa criticised so much in his own time? Abu Hanifa was accused in his lifetime of following desire and opinion over the Quran, partly by rivals such as Sufyan al-Thawri, though the imams generally stayed respectful of one another. Lessonposition checkedAbu HanifaImam MalikSufyan al-Thawri machine3 min 56 s13:05on YouTube
10 Dec 2022video What did Abu Hanifa say about Imam Malik? Abu Hanifa called the younger Imam Malik a blonde, blue-eyed lad. Mufti Abu Layth closes that the Hanafi madhhab became restrictive in recent centuries while schools such as the Maliki kept their freedoms. Lessonposition checkedAbu HanifaImam MaliktaqlidHanafi school machine2 min 27 s1:08:15on YouTube
19 Aug 2022video Should loyalty to a scholar ever come before the honour of the Prophet? No: he says loyalty belongs first to the Prophet, so a report that disparages him must be rejected whoever accepted it, citing Imam Malik's maxim that everyone's words can be accepted or rejected except the Prophet's. Lessonposition checkedal-SuyutiIbn Hajar al-AsqalaniIbn TaymiyyaImam Malik machine5 min 21 s1:47:24on YouTube

2021 · 3

13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Did one of al-Bukhari's teachers call Imam Malik a disbeliever? Mufti Abu Layth knows of no such takfir by a teacher of al-Bukhari; harsh words against Malik came from a contemporary who objected to his not acting on some sahih hadith. Question from live chatposition checkedImam MalikImam al-BukhariIbn Abi Dhi'b [?]takfir machine2 min 37 s2:33:20on YouTube
6 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Did Imam Malik believe Jesus will return? There is a statement from Imam Malik that Jesus died, and Malik never taught the second coming in his fatwas or the Muwatta, so it is no huge claim that he did not hold it. Transmitting a report is not endorsing it. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikIsa (Jesus)Yasir Qadhial-Mudawwana machine7 min 42 s2:17:23on YouTube
9 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Is it wrong in Islam to want to be rich? Mufti Abu Layth says Islam is not against wealth; what is haram is arrogance and looking down on others, and he encourages people to make money and enjoy it. Question from live chatposition checkedreport: indeed allah is beautifulImam Malikzuhd (asceticism) machine10 min 52 s1:44:53on YouTube

2019 · 1

24 Jul 2019Quick Fiqh! Did Imam Malik wear an earring? Yes: his teacher's biography of Imam Malik records that Malik, while still a youth studying with Rabi'a, had an earring in his ear, and another Maliki work on the hadith of the Mudawwana says the same. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikShaykh Abd al-Ghani al-Daqr [?]Rabi'a al-Ra'yreport: malik studied with rabia while still bursting with youth and he had an earring in his ear machine2 min 39 s19:33on YouTube

2018 · 1

13 Mar 2018Islamic Eschatology What Imam Malik transmitted: no return of Jesus, Zuhri's reports, the pig passed in peace Imam Malik's Muwatta contains no hadith of Jesus's return and has Jesus greeting a pig in peace; Mufti Abu Layth reads this as Malik rejecting Zuhri's reports, half of which carry the return narrative. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikIbn Shihab al-Zuhrial-Muwattareport: when jesus descends lions graze with camels children play with snakes and jesus kills the pig machine7 min 48 s58:03on YouTube

2015 · 1

3 Mar 2015video What did Imam Malik say about bid'ah? Imam Malik rejected any 'good' bid'ah and called innovations misguidance, yet he often ruled a given innovation only discouraged (makruh), not haram. Lessonposition checkedImam MalikImam Ahmad ibn HanbalAbu Hanifaal-Shafi'i machine4 min 28 s1:58on YouTube