He was the son of a Persian slave from who became a disciple of Malik also seems to have had an appreciation for the Christian religion, and may have even read parts of the for spiritual inspiration in imitating the example of
" Later scholars ranging from to reproduce "whole hosts" of proverbial sayings from him, which clearly reflect the extent to which Malik continued to influence Sunni thinkers of all types He was one of the first known to have come to in order to propagate in the after the departure of King

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Belonging to the generation of the , Malik is called a reliable traditionalist in Sunni sources, and is said to have transmitted from such authorities as and.

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He was considered to have led an life himself, and tradition attributed to him several gifts and miracles, including the ability to walk on water
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Malik Deenar Grand Juma Masjid
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Ben Cheneb, Algiers 1915-20, 17• Legacy [ ] View of the Malik Deenar Mosque from the gate• Even though historians do not agree on the exact place of his death, it is widely accepted that he died at Kasaragod and that his relics were buried at the in ,
During his life, Malik had the occasion to follow more or less regularly the teaching of Basran traditionists and mystics as famous as , , and
Life [ ] Malik, a preacher and moralist of , made a living as a copyist of the , and seems to have been interested in the question of the various of the scripture He died just before the epidemic of plague which caused considerable ravages in in 748-49 CE, with various traditions placing his death either at 744-45 or 747-48 CE

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