Ibn Wahb on Character: Learning manners best type of knowledge

Ibn Abdul Barr reported: Ibn Wahb, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “What I learned from the manners of Malik was better than his knowledge.”

Source: Jāmi’ Bayān al-‘Ilm 581

عن ابن عبد البر قال ابن وهب رحمه الله مَا تَعَلَّمْتُ مِنْ أَدَبِ مَالِكٍ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ

581 جامع بيان العلم وفضله لابن عبد البر

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Abu Amina Elias
Abu Amina Elias (Justin Parrott) is an academic librarian, researcher, and translator specializing in the Quran, Hadith, and their commentaries. He is a former instructor of Islamic Creed for Mishkah University.
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