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 16, Burials, discusses the Islamic funeral rites and related rulings.

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 1

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 1 Yahya related to me from Malik from Jafar ibn Muhammad from his father that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was washed in a long shirt. حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 2

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 2 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ayyub ibn Abi Tamima as- Sakhtayani from Muhammad ibn Sirin that Umm Atiyya al-Ansariyya said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to us when his daughter died and said, ‘Wash her three times, or five, […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 3

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 3 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr that Asma bint Umays washed Abu Bakr as-Siddiq when he died. Then she went out and asked some of the muhajirun who were there, “I am fasting and this is an extremely cold day. Do I have to […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 4

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 4 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard people of knowledge say, “When a woman dies and there are no women with her to wash her and no man who has the right by blood ties to take charge of that for her and no husband to […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 5

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 5 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father from A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was shrouded in three pure white cotton garments, […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 6

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 6 وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كُفِّنَ فِي ثَلاَثَةِ أَثْوَابٍ بِيضٍ سَحُولِيَّةٍ ‏.‏ Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 6   The above hadith is from the Muwatta Malik collection of hadiths. Authored by Imam Malik ibn Anas, the Muwatta Malik is […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 7

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 7 Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said that he had heard that when Abu Bakr as-Siddiq was ill he asked A’isha, “How many shrouds did the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, have?” and she replied, “Three pure white cotton […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 8

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 8 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Humayd ibn Abdar-Rahman ibn Awf that Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As said, “A dead man is clothed in a shirt and a waist-wrapper and then wrapped in a third, and if he only has one garment he is shrouded […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 9

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 9 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and Abu Bakr and Umar as well as the khalifas up until this time and Abdullah ibn Umar, would walk in front of the bier. حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 10

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 10 Yahya related to me from Muhammad ibn alMunkadir that Rabia ibn Abdullah ibn alHadir told him that he had seen Umar ibn al-Khattab leading people in front of the bier at the funeral of Zaynab bint Jahsh. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ رِبِيعَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 11

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 11 Yahya related to me from Malik that Hisham ibn Urwa said, “I only ever saw my father in front of a funeral procession.” He added, “Then he would come to al-Baqi and sit down until the procession passed him.” وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، قَالَ مَا […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 12

Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 12 Yahya related to me from Malik that Ibn Shihab said, “Walking behind the bier is in contradiction to the sunna.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ الْمَشْىُ خَلْفَ الْجَنَازَةِ مِنْ خَطَإِ السُّنَّةِ ‏.‏ Muwatta Malik: Book 16, Hadith 12   The above hadith is from the Muwatta […]