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He studied not only with Malik but also with many of the companions of Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri.
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Abdullah Wahb
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He stayed with Malik for about twenty years, and disseminated his fiqh in Egypt. Ibn Wahb took from more than four hundred shaykhs of hadith in Egypt, the Hijaz and Iraq, including Sufyan al-Thawri, Ibn "Uyaynah, Ibn Jurayj, "Abdu"r-Rahman ibn Ziyad al-Ifriqi, Sa"id ibn Abi Ayyub and others Many also related hadiths from him.
Ibn Wahb himself recognised that some of his hadiths were weak.
He said, "if it had not been that Allah rescued me through Malik and al-Layth, I would have been lost. I knew many hadiths, and that confused medical
I used to present them to Malik and al-Layth and they would say, "Take this and leave that"". Malik esteemed and loved Ibn Wahb.
Malik used to call him "the faqih" when he wrote to him.
Ibn Wahb was one of those who spread Malik"s school in Egypt and the Maghreb. People travelled to him to learn Malik"s fiqh both during Malik"s lifetime and after his death. He left many excellent books, including what he heard from Malik which took up about 30 volumes.
He died in 197 Animal Husbandry (813 Civil Engineering) at the age of 72.
