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 18, Fasting, covers the rules and virtues of fasting, especially during Ramadan.

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 1

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 1 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, once mentioned Ramadan and said, “Do not begin the fast until you see the new moon, and do not break the fast (at the […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 2

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 2 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “A month has twenty-nine days in it. Do not start the fast or break it until you see the new moon. […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 3

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 3 Yahya related to me from Malik from Thawr ibn Zayd ad-Dili from Abdullah ibn Abbas that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, once mentioned Ramadan and said, “Do not start the fast or break it until you see the new moon. If the […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 4

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 4 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that once in the time of Uthman ibn Affan the new moon had been seen in the afternoon and Uthman did not break his fast until evening had come and the sun had set. Yahya said that he had […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 5

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 5 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, “Only some one who makes the intention to fast before dawn (actually) fasts.” حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ لاَ يَصُومُ إِلاَّ مَنْ أَجْمَعَ الصِّيَامَ قَبْلَ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 6

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 6 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that A’isha and Hafsa, the wives of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, also said that. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، وَحَفْصَةَ، زَوْجَىِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ ‏.‏ Muwatta Malik: […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 7

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 7 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Hazim ibn Dinar from Sahl ibn Sad as Saidi that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “People will remain in good as long as they are quick to break the fast.” حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 8

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 8 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Harmala al- Aslami from Said ibn al-Musayyab that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “People will remain in good as long as they are quick to break the fast.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 9

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 9 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Humayd ibn Abd ar-Rahman that Umar ibn al-Khattab and Uthman ibn Affan would pray maghrib when they saw the night darkening, before they broke their fast, and that was during Ramadan. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 10

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 10 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Mamar al-Ansari from Abu Yunus, the mawla of A’isha, from A’isha that she overheard a man standing at the door saying to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, “Messenger of Allah, […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 11

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 11 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd Rabbih ibn Said from Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham from A’isha and Umm Salama, the wives of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 12

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 12 Yahya related to me from Malik from Sumayy, the mawla of Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham that he heard Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham say, “My father and I were with Marwan ibn al Hakam at the time when he was […]