Question:
Assalamu alaykum,
I’m from Yemen from the Yafi tribe and I’m from Bani Malik named after Malik bin Ashtar al Nakhai. I could not find any Sunni sources regarding this man and the Shia claim he is one of them. Just wanted to know the view of Ahl as Sunnah.
Answer:
Alaykum Salam,
He saw the Prophet (s) in his childhood and died at age 38. He has an entry in Ibn Hajar’s Isaba under the words:
مالك بن الحارث بن عبد يغوث بن مسلمة بن ربيعة بن الحارث بن جذيمة بن مالك بن النخع النخعي المعروف بالاشتر
Hajj Gibril Haddad
