Abu ‘Abdullah! Today, I have seen a strange thing in you; a scorpion stung you sixteen times, but you did not change your posture. What was the wisdom behind it? He replied, ‘I had patience due to the reverence for the Hadees of Rasool’. (Ash-Shifa, vol. 2, pp. 46)

Complexion would change

Sayyiduna Mus’ab Bin ‘Abdullah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه has said: Whenever someone would talk about the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in front of Sayyiduna Imam Maalik رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه, his complexion would change and his blessed back would bend. One day, attendees asked Sayyiduna Imam Malik رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه about this state of his, he رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه replied, ‘If you had seen whatever I have seen, you would not have objected to me.’ Whenever I asked any Hadees from the leader of Qaris Muhammad Bin Munkadir رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه so he would start weeping due to the reverence of Hadees and remembrance of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم to the extent that I used to feel pity on his condition. (Ash-Shifa, vol. 2, pp. 42) If only we may have the privilege of weeping in the devotion and remembrance of the Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

اٰمِيۡن بِجَاهِ النَّبِيِّ الۡاَمِيۡن صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيۡهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم

Reverence of the blessed soil of Madinah by Imam Maalik رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه

Sayyiduna Imam Shafi’i رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه has stated: In Madinah, I saw some Khurasanian or Egyptian horses tethered [i.e. tied] to the door of the house of Sayyiduna Imam Maalik رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه. I had never seen such magnificent horses before. Hence I said, ‘How magnificent these horses are!’ He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه said, ‘I have given all of them to you as a gift.’ I said, ‘[At least] keep a horse for yourself.’ He رَحْمَةُ اللهِ عَلَيْه replied, ‘I feel shy from Allah Almighty to ride a horse on the ground under which the Holy Nabi صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ rests [in his blessed shrine].’ (Ihya-ul-‘Uloom, vol. 1, pp. 48)