سَمِعْتُ الشَّافِعِيَّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ يَقُولُ: لَوْلا مَالِكٌ وَسُفْيَانُ لَذَهَبَ عِلْمُ الْحِجَازِ.
مسند امام شافی · Hadith 1817
I heard al-Shafi’i, may God be pleased with him, saying: Without an angel and Sufyan, the science of Hijaz would have gone.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020