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# Malik ibn Anas

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Malik ibn Anas was a Muslim scholar, jurist, muhaddith and traditionalist who is the eponym of the Maliki school, one of the four schools of Islamic jurisprudence in Sunni Islam.

##  Quotes by Malik ibn Anas

> [Knowledge is not to be taken from four types of people: a foolish person who openly acts foolish, even if he reports…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malik-ibn-anas/knowledge-is-not-to-be-taken-from-four-types-of-people-a-foolish/)

[Malik ibn Anas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malik-ibn-anas/)

[Desire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desire/)

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> [He who practices Tasawwuf without learning Sacred Law corrupts his faith, while he who learns Sacred Law without practicing Tasawwuf corrupts himself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malik-ibn-anas/he-who-practices-tasawwuf-without-learning-sacred-law-corrupts-his/)

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> [Only that which was effective for the first of this community will be effective for the last of it](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malik-ibn-anas/only-that-which-was-effective-for-the-first-of-this-community-will-be/)

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