Muwatta Malik is one of the earliest and most respected collections of hadith and Islamic jurisprudence, compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas. It combines the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) with the practices of the people of Madinah, serving as a foundational text for Maliki fiqh and Islamic legal tradition.

Book 15, The Quran, discusses the virtues, recitation, and etiquette of handling the Qur’an.

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 37

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 37 Yahya related to me from Malik that Abdullah ibn Abdullah ibn Jabir ibn Atik said that Abdullah ibn Umar had come to them in Bani Muawiya, one of the villages of the Ansar, and said, “Do you know where the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 38

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 38 Yahya related to me from Malik that Zayd ibn Aslam used to say, “No-one makes a dua without one of three things happening. Either it is answered, or it is stored up for him, or wrong actions are atoned for by it.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 39

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 39 Yahya related to me from Malik that Abdullah ibn Dinar said, “Abdullah ibn Umar saw me when I was making dua and I was pointing with two fingers, one from each hand, and he forbade me.” حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، قَالَ رَآنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 40

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 40 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Said ibn al-Musayyab used to say, “A man is raised by the dua of his son after his death.” He spoke with his hands turned upwards, and then lifted them up. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 41

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 41 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father said, “The following ayat was sent down about dua – ‘And do not be loud in your prayer and do not be silent in it, but seek a way between these.’ ” (Sura 17 ayat 110) […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 42

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 42 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to make dua saying, “O Allah, I askYou for good actions and for leaving what is disapproved of and for love of the poor. And […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 43

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 43 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “No one calls to guidance without having the same reward as those who follow him without diminishing their rewards at all. And no one calls […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 44

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 44 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Abdullah ibn Umar said, “O Allah, make me one of the leaders of the people of taqwa .” Allahumma jalniy min a’imati’l-mutaqin. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِي مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الْمُتَّقِينَ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 45

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 45 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Abu’d-Darda used to rise in the middle of the night and say, “Eyes have slept, and stars have set, and You are the Living and Self Subsistent.” Namat’l uyun wa ghariti’n-nujum wa anta’lhayyu-l-qayyum. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 46

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 46 Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar from Abdullah as-Sunabihi that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The sun rises and with it is a horn of Shaytan and when the sun gets higher the […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 47

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 47 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father said that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say, “Delay the prayer when the edge of the sun appears until it is completely in view, and delay the […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 48

Muwatta Malik: Book 15, Hadith 48 Yahya related to me from Malik that al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman said, “We visited Anas ibn Malik after dhuhr and he stood up and prayed asr. When he had finished his prayer, we mentioned doing prayers early in their time, or he mentioned it, and he said that he […]