Suhaib Webb – Did Imam Malik Conspire With The Ommayids & Other Questions
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Assalamu alaikum. We're
here in Granata in Andalusia. Interestingly enough, right,
the answers that I'm about to give
are kind of contextually appropriate for this moment.
Not only was this the land of the
Madoces, right, in general, but also
disunity is what caused us to lose this
land. Muslims have always lost because of themselves.
And that disunity is very important. It rots
at our ability to gather collective strength.
And also it is important to defend the
Imamatic and the institutions
of the ilm because without the ulema
and the institutions of knowledge,
we're left with absolutely nothing, man. And that's
why we have to be very careful and
that's why the scholars said be very careful
of those people who constantly try to undermine
those institutions in the ulama.
But there are a number of things that
have been said about Imam Malik that demand
an answer. And this also is not an
attack against the Shia brothers and sisters. I
believe that pragmatic unity
and recognized differences are key to success of
the Muslim Ummah.
But let's start with a few of these.
Number 1,
the idea that Imam Malik radiAllahu an who
somehow,
like, collaborated with the Amo'is when he wrote
the Mu'ata
to spread a certain type of understanding.
The Amo'is disappeared in 132 after Hijri. It's
agreed
upon that Imam Malik
wrote the Mu'ata around 147 after Hijri. And
it's certain, as Sheikh Abu Fattah Barood mentions,
that he finished it in 158 after history.
So that's impossible.
Like, there's no way that he would have
met them and been able to do that.
Chronologically, that makes no sense.
The second concern is that he did not
narrate from the family of the prophet sallallahu
alaihi wa sallam.
However, there are numerous ahadith
with the senate
from Ja'far ibn Muhammad
radiallahu anhu from his father, Muhammad al Bakr,
in the Muwata,
that Imam Malik narrated from them, and he
considered them both authentic narrators, alhamdulillahirabbah. I mean,
of course, they're Imams of the Ummah.
The last is that Imam Malik did not
narrate Hadith
about Saydna Adi
Again this is a mistake.
Oftentimes what I see is that people don't
have the knowledge.
They haven't actually studied the books. They haven't
gone through the books.
They haven't reviewed the books. They haven't sat
with their ulama.
But I actually noted
in studying the Mu'ta,
21 narrations.
Of Sayidina Imam Malik
back to Sayidina Adi Karamalawaj.
So those are some answers I hope they
help Barakalahu. Now, last month, I thought it'd
help us, especially in this moment, to appreciate
what happens
when disunity takes us over and we weaken
our ranks.