Imām Mālik Learning From His Student
Ibn Wahb said: “I heard Mālik being asked about cleaning between the toes during ablution. حدثنا عبد الرحمن نا أحمد بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ابْنُ أَخِي ابْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَمِّي يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا سُئِلَ عَنْ تَخْلِيلِ أَصَابِعِ الرِّجْلَيْنِ فِي الْوُضُوءِ He said: “The people do not have to do that.” فَقَالَ: لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ عَلَى النَّاسِ، I did not approach him until the crowd had lessened, قَالَ فَتَرَكْتُهُ حَتَّى خَفَّ النَّاسُ I said to him, “We know of a sunnah about that.” فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: عِنْدَنَا فِي ذَلِكَ سنة، He said, “What is that?” فقال: وماهي؟ I said: Layth b. Saʿd, Ibn Lahīʿah and ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith narrated to us from Yazīd b. ʿAmr al-Maʿāfirī from Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ḥubulī from Mustawrid b. Shaddād al-Qurashī who said, “I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ rubbing between his toes with his little finger.” قلت حدثنا الليث ابن سَعْدٍ وَابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ وَعَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو الْمَعَافِرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحُبُلِيِّ عَنِ الْمُسْتَوْرِدِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ الْقُرَشِيِّ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُدَلِّكُ بِخِنْصَرِهِ مَا بَيْنَ أَصَابِعِ رِجْلَيْهِ. He (ie: Mālik) said: “This ḥadīth is sound; I had not heard of it at all until now.” فَقَالَ: إِنَّ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ حَسَنٌ، وَمَا سَمِعْتُ بِهِ قَطُّ إِلا السَّاعَةَ. Afterwards, I heard him being asked about the same thing, on which he ordered cleaning between the toes. ثُمَّ سَمِعْتُهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يسأل فيأمر بتخليل الاصابع. Ibn Abī Ḥātim, al-Jarḥ wa ʾl-Taʿdīl 1/31 ابن أبي حاتم، الجرح والتعديل ١/٣١ https://shamela.ws/index.php/book/2170 @ilmtest [https://t.me/ilmtest]
