Imam Malik (ra) and Adab with Hadith September 11, 2007
Posted by sacrosanct in Great Scholars of Islam, Hadith, Islam, Maliki fiqh, Quotes and Wisdom, The Beloved, The Beloved Prophet Muhammad.4 comments
“It is told of Malik ibn Anas (d.795) the founder of the Malikite school of jurisprudence and one of the great hadith transmitters, that “when he intended to sit down to recite hadith, he performed the ablution, donned new garments, put on a new turban, took his place on the platform in awe, reverence, and great seriousness. As long as the lecture continued, incense was contantly burned. His reverence to hadith was so great that it happened in one session that a scorpion stung him sixteen times, and he did not show any sign of disturbance.”
(Annemarie Schimmel, And Muhhamad is His Messenger)
