Muwatta Malik: Book 17, Hadith 13 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to adorn his daughters and slave-girls with gold jewellery and he did not take any zakat from their jewellery. Malik said, “Anyone who has unminted gold or silver, or gold and silver jewellery which is not […]
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 17, Zakat, discusses the obligatory almsgiving, its calculation, and distribution.
Muwatta Malik: Book 17, Hadith 14 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, “Trade with the property of orphans and then it will not be eaten away by zakat.” حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ اتَّجِرُوا فِي أَمْوَالِ الْيَتَامَى لاَ تَأْكُلُهَا الزَّكَاةُ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 17, Hadith 15 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim that his father said, ”A’isha used to look after me and one of my brothers – we were orphans – in her house, and she would take the zakat from our property.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 17, Hadith 16 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to give the property of the orphans that were in her house to whoever would use it to trade with on their behalf. […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 17, Hadith 17 Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said bought some property on behalf of his brother’s sons who were orphans in his house, and that that property was sold afterwards for a great deal of profit. Malik said, “There is no harm in using the property of […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 17, Hadith 18 Yahya related to me that Malik said, “I consider that if a man dies and he has not paid zakat on his property, then zakat is taken from the third of his property (from which he can make bequests), and the third is not exceeded and the zakat is […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 17, Hadith 19 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from as-Sa’ib ibn Yazid that Uthman ibn Affan used to say, “This is the month for you to pay your zakat. If you have any debts then pay them off so that you can sort out your wealth and take […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 17, Hadith 20 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ayyub ibn Abi Tamima as- Sakhtayani that Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, when writing about wealth that one of his governors had collected unjustly, ordered it to be returned to its owner and zakat to be taken from it for the years that […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 17, Hadith 21 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yazid ibn Khusayfa that he had asked Sulayman ibn Yasar whether zakat was due from a man who had wealth in hand but also owed a debt for the same amount, and he replied, “No.” Malik said, “The position that we are […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 17, Hadith 22 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Zurayq ibn Hayyan, who was in charge of Egypt in the time of al-Walid, Sulayman, and Umar ibn Abd al-‘Aziz, mentioned that Umar ibn Abd al- Aziz had written to him saying, “Assess the muslims that you come […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 17, Hadith 23 Yahya related to me from Malik that Abdullah ibn Dinar said, “I heard Abdullah ibn Umar being asked what kanz was and he said, ‘It is wealth on which zakat has not been paid.’ “ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 17, Hadith 24 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar from Abu’s-Salih as-Samman that Abu Hurayra used to say, “Anyone who has wealth on which he has not paid zakat will, on the day of rising, find his wealth made to resemble a whiteheaded serpent with a sac of […]