Ash-Shāfi\'ī said, "After the Book of Allah, there is no book on the face of the earth sounder than the book of Mālik." \'Alā\' ad-Dīn Maghlaṭāy al-Ḥanafī said, "The first person to compile the ṣaḥīḥ was Mālik." Ibn Ḥajar said, "The book of Mālik is sound by all the criteria that are demanded as proofs in the mursal, munqaṭi\' and other types of transmission." As-Suyūṭī followed Ibn Ḥ.
Ash-Shāfi\'ī said, "After the Book of Allah, there is no book on the face of the earth sounder than the book of Mālik." \'Alā\' ad-Dīn Maghlaṭāy al-Ḥanafī said, "The first person to compile the ṣaḥīḥ was Mālik." Ibn Ḥajar said, "The book of Mālik is sound by all the criteria that are demanded as proofs in the mursal, munqaṭi\' and other types of transmission." As-Suyūṭī followed Ibn Ḥ
