He had asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for permission, and the Prophet said, “Keep the capital intact and dedicate its yield.” (1) Such, then, was Zubayr’s endowment. The Caliph was delighted by Mālik’s answer, while Yaʿqūb (2) fell silent.

Ibn Wahb reported that Mālik said:
“Between the wall of the Prophet’s qibla and the pulpit there was only room for a man to pass sideways—just the width of a sheep. The first to move the qibla wall forward until he placed it beside the screened enclosure was ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, and ʿUthmān later advanced it to where it stands today.”

Dāwūd ibn Rushayd related, saying: al-Walīd ibn Muslim told us:
“I asked Mālik about edging Qur’an codices with silver. He produced a codex for us and said, ‘My father told me, from my grandfather, that they compiled the Qur’an in the time of ʿUthmān and that they plated the codices with silver like this—or something close to it.’ ” (3)

Ibn al-Madīnī said: “Mālik transmitted roughly one thousand hadiths—meaning, reports traced back to the Prophet.”

Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Uways reported that Mālik told him, “I recited to Nāfiʿ ibn Abī Nuʿaym.”

Al-Qaʿnabī narrated from Ibn ʿUyaynah, who said, “Mālik did not leave anyone on the face of the earth his equal.”