Biography of hazrat malik bin dinar

Sufi Biography: Malek ibn Dinar

Malek ibn Dinar al-Sami was the son of a Persian slave from Sejestan (or Kabol) and became a disciple of Hasan of Basra.

He is mentioned as a reliable traditionist, transmitting from such early authorities as Anas ibn Malek and Ibn Sirin.

Biography of hazrat malik bin dinar

A noted early calligrapher of the Koran, he died c. 130 (748).

How Malek-e Dinar came to be so named, and the story of his repentance

When Malek was born his father was a slave; yet though he was a slave’s son, he was free from bondage to both worlds.

Some say that Malek-e Dinar once embarked in a ship.

When the ship was far out to sea the mariners demanded,

“Produce your fare!” “I do not have it,” he answered.

They beat him till he was senseless. When he recovered, they shouted again.

“Produce your fare!”

 “I do not have it,” he repeated.

They beat him unconscious a second time.

When he came to, they demanded a third time.

“Produce your fare!”

“I do not have it.”