Number of Aalim-e-Madinah’s teachers

‘Allamah Zurqaani رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه has said: Sayyiduna Imam Malik رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه gained knowledge from more than 900 Islamic scholars. (Sharh-ul-Zurqaani, vol. 1, pp. 35)

Dars and teaching and Fatwa writing

Sayyiduna Imam Malik رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه started imparting Islamic knowledge when he was 17. His teachers would also come to him to get the solutions of their problems. He wrote Fatawa for more or less 70 years and imparted Islamic knowledge to people. Renowned blessed Taba’een رَحْمَۃُ اللّٰہ ِ  عَلَیْہِمْ اَجْمَعِیْن would gain the knowledge of Fiqh and Hadees from him. (Siyar ‘Alam-un-Nubala, vol. 7, pp. 287)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                 صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! Aalim-e-Madinah Sayyiduna Imam Malik رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه is the great Muhaddis [a scholar of Hadees] and Faqih [jurist] who has a special status amongst blessed Muhaddiseen and Fuqaha رَحْمَۃُ اللّٰہ ِ  عَلَیْہِمْ اَجْمَعِیْن. Let’s listen to two blessed Ahadees in praise of him.

Two narrations in the glory of Imam Malik رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه

1. The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: [When] knowledge will end so no one will be left having more knowledge than Aalim-e-Madinah. (Tirmizi, vol. 1, pp. 311, Hadees 2689)

2. The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has said: Soon people will travel [for knowledge] so they will not find anyone having more knowledge than Aalim-e-Madinah.  (Mustadrak, vol. 1, pp. 280, Hadees 314)

Sayyiduna Ibn-e-‘Uyaynah رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه has said: In blessed Muhaddiseen’s sight, ‘Aalim-e-Madinah’ means Sayyiduna Imam Malik Bin Anas رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه (Al-Tamheed-ul-Ibn-e-Abdul Barr, 674/2) Sayyiduna Abdur Razzaq رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه has said: In our opinion, no one is noted by the name of ‘Aalim-e-Madinah’ except for