john of patmos wrote the letters to the 7 churches.
who wrote the letters to the 7 churches?
john of patmos
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accounts of malik's life demonstrate that the scholar cherished differences of opinion amongst the ulema as a mercy from god to the islamic community. even "in malik's time there were those who forwarded the idea of a unified "madhhab" and the ostensive removal of all differences between the sunni schools of law," with "three successive caliphs" having sought to "impose the "muwatta" and malik's school upon the entire islamic world of their time," but "malik refused to allow it every time ... [for he held that the differences in opinion among the jurists]" were a "mercy" for the people. when the second abbasid caliph al-mansur said to malik: "i want to unify this knowledge. i shall write to the leaders of the armies and to the rulers so that they make it law, and whoever contravenes it shall be put to death," malik is said to have responded: "commander of the believers, there is another way. truly, the prophet was present in this community, he used to send out troops or set forth in person, and he did not conquer many lands until god took back his soul. then abu bakr arose and he also did not conquer many lands. then umar arose after the two of them and many lands were conquered at his hands. as a result, he faced the necessity of sending out the companions of muhammad as teachers and people did not cease to take from them, notable scholars from notable scholars until our time. if you now go and change them from what they know to what they do not know they shall deem it disbelief ("kufr"). rather, confirm the people of each land with regard to whatever knowledge is there, and take this knowledge to yourself."
malik ibn anas