Malik ibn Abi Amir al-Asbahi

Malik ibn Abi Amir al-Asbahi al-Madani, Abu Abd Allah, a trustworthy Successor of the second generation-layer who heard Umar ibn al-Khattab (may God be pleased with him) and narrated from Uthman ibn Affan (may God be pleased with him); he is the grandfather of Imam Malik ibn Anas, author of the Muwatta', and died in 74 AH on the preferred account ¹.

Ibn Hajar writes: "Malik ibn Abi Amir al-Asbahi, who heard from Umar: trustworthy, of the second layer, died in year seventy-four on the sounder view," and all the major collections narrate from him ¹. Al-Dhahabi's Kashif, appended to the Tahdhib, adds: he narrated from Umar and Uthman, and his sons narrated from him — Anas, Abu Suhayl Nafi', and al-Rabi' ¹.

His son Anas ibn Malik (may God be pleased with him) ibn Abi Amir was the father of Imam Malik ibn Anas, making Malik ibn Abi Amir the Imam's paternal grandfather. Among his grandsons was Abd Allah ibn Uways ibn Malik ibn Abi Amir, known as Abu Uways, whose two sons Isma'il and Abd al-Hamid were narrated by the two shaykhs ¹. In al-Isaba, Malik ibn Abi Amir appears among the narrators of the account of Umm Talha bint al-Hadrami, mother of the Companion Talha ibn Ubayd Allah ².

Malik ibn Abi Amir was a Medinese scholar who heard the caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab, and he is the grandfather of Imam Malik of the Muwatta' — a house of hadith from grandfather to grandson.

• Text from the Majmu'at Kutub Ibn Hajar scan of Taqrib al-Tahdhib, entry 6443, pp. 576-577.
• The Taqrib itself identifies Abu Anas al-Asbahi as this same Malik ibn Abi Amir.