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what you need from the time you open your eyes in the morning to the time you
close them in the evening and confine yourself to it.” He was so emphatic in
exalting the science of religion that whenever he sat down to discourse on
tradition, he would first perform his ablutions, sit on his bed, comb his hair,
perfume himself, settle down with stateliness and dignity, and then proceed with
the discourse. When asked about it, he answered: “I like to exalt the traditions of
the Messenger of Allah.”
With regard to his asceticism, it is attested by the report that al Mahdi the prince
of the believers, had once asked Malik saying: “Have you any home of your
own?” Malik replied: “No! But listen and I shall relate to you. I heard Rabiah ibn
abi Abd al Rahman say, „Man‟s home is his ancestry‟.” At another time al Rashid
asked him the same question and on his answering, “No.” The Caliph gave him
three thousand Dinars and said: “Go buy with this a home.” Malik took the money
but did not spend it. When later al Rashid was preparing to return to Baghdad he
said to Malik: “You should come along with us because we have decided to make
the people follow the Muwatta (Malik‟s tradition) as Uthman made the people
close them in the evening and confine yourself to it.” He was so emphatic in
exalting the science of religion that whenever he sat down to discourse on
tradition, he would first perform his ablutions, sit on his bed, comb his hair,
perfume himself, settle down with stateliness and dignity, and then proceed with
the discourse. When asked about it, he answered: “I like to exalt the traditions of
the Messenger of Allah.”
With regard to his asceticism, it is attested by the report that al Mahdi the prince
of the believers, had once asked Malik saying: “Have you any home of your
own?” Malik replied: “No! But listen and I shall relate to you. I heard Rabiah ibn
abi Abd al Rahman say, „Man‟s home is his ancestry‟.” At another time al Rashid
asked him the same question and on his answering, “No.” The Caliph gave him
three thousand Dinars and said: “Go buy with this a home.” Malik took the money
but did not spend it. When later al Rashid was preparing to return to Baghdad he
said to Malik: “You should come along with us because we have decided to make
the people follow the Muwatta (Malik‟s tradition) as Uthman made the people