structural:scholar_edition
Relics

Malik was a supporter of tabarruk or the "seeking of blessing through relics." This is evident, for example, in the fact that Malik approvingly related the tradition of a certain Atā' ibn Abī Rabāh, whom he saw "enter the Mosque, then take hold of the pommel of the Pulpit, after which he faced the qibla," thereby supporting the holding of the pommel for its blessings (baraka) by virtue of its having touched Muhammad. Furthermore, it is also recorded that "when one of the caliphs manifested his intention to replace the wooden pulpit of the Prophet with a pulpit of silver and jewels," Malik exclaimed: "I do not consider it good that people be deprived of the relics of the Messenger of God!" (Lā arā yuḥrama al-nāsu āthāra rasūlillāh).