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Musnad Imam Shafi'i 1817 — If it were not for Imam Malik and Sufyan

سَمِعْتُ الشَّافِعِيَّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ: لَوْلَا مَالِكٌ وَسُفْيَانُ لَذَهَبَ عِلْمُ الْحِجَازِ.
Imam Shafi’i, may Allah have mercy on him, said: “If it were not for Imam Malik and Sufyan, may Allah have mercy on them both, knowledge would have been taken away from Hijaz.”
Hadith Reference مسند الإمام الشافعي / كتاب فضائل قريش وغيرهم وأبواب متفرقة / 1817
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