[Machine] I heard Malik, meaning Ibn Dinar, and he had a sorrowful voice. He would put his head in his place of worship and then say, "O God of Malik, you know the inhabitants of Hellfire from the inhabitants of Paradise, so which of the two men is Malik?" Then he would cry. He said, "And I heard Malik saying, 'Indeed, Allah says: "Indeed, I desire to punish My servants. So when I look at the companions of the Quran and the builders of mosques and the children of Islam, My anger subsides, and I say: I have averted My punishment."  

سَمِعْتُ مَالِكًا يَعْنِي ابْنَ دِينَارٍ وَكَانَ مَحْزُونَ الصَّوْتِ يَضَعُ رَأْسَهُ فِي مِحْرَابِهِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ «إِلَهَ مَالِكٍ قَدْ عَلِمْتَ سَاكِنَ النَّارِ مِنْ سَاكِنِ الْجَنَّةِ فَأَيُّ الرَّجُلَيْنِ مَالِكٌ؟ ثُمَّ يَبْكِي»

قالَ: وسَمِعْتُ مالِكًا يَقُولُ: إنَّ اللَّهَ ﷿ يَقُولُ: «إنِّي أُرِيدُ أنْ أُعَذِّبَ عِبادِي، فَإذا نَظَرْتُ إلى جُلَساءِ القُرْآنِ وعُمّارِ المَساجِدِ ووِلْدانِ الإسْلامِ سَكَنَ غَضَبِي، يَقُولُ: صَرَفْتُ عَذابِي»