Al istawa imam malik biography

Imam Malik ibn Anas was born in 93 Hijri (711 AD) in the village called Zul-Marwa in Madina. His father, grandfather, and great grandfather were all renowned people among the scholars of Hadith.

It is reported that his great grandfather was a companion who fought several battles alongside the Prophet (ﷺ).

Al istawa imam malik biography

Imam Malik grew up in a household of scholarship, but he himself was not very sincere with his studies at a very early age. Imam Malik used to spend time playing around and, particularly, he was engrossed with pigeons and birds.

One day, when Imam Malik was around 10 years old, his father called him and asked him a question to test his intellect but he could not give the right answer. His father reproached him by saying that he will remain uneducated for his entire life if he does not change his lifestyle.

This sharp criticism shook the self-esteem of Imam Malik at that time, and with his mother motivating him immensely, he became sinc