Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 37 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Humayd ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf heard Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan say from the mimbar on the day of Ashura in the year in which he made the hajj, “People of Madina, where are your learned men? I heard […]
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 38 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab had sent (the following message) to al-Harith ibn Hisham, ”Tomorrow is the day of Ashura, so fast (it) and tell your family to fast (also).” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، أَرْسَلَ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 39 Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban from alAraj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade fasting on two days, the day of Fitr and the day of Adha. حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 40 Yahya related to me from Malik that he used to hear the people of knowledge say,”There is no harm in fasting continuously as long as one breaks the fast on the days on which the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade fasting, namely, […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 41 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, forbade fasting for two days or more without breaking the fast in between. They said, “But Messenger of Allah, you practise wisal.” He replied, […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 42 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu’z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Beware of wisal. Beware of wisal.” They said, “But you practise wisal, Messenger of Allah.” He replied, “I am not the same […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 43 Yahya related to me, and I (myself) heard Malik say, “The best that I have heard about some one who has to fast for two consecutive months because of having killed someone by mistake or having pronounced the dhihar form of divorce, becoming very ill and having to break […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 44 Yahya said that he heard Malik say, “What I have heard from the people of knowledge is that if a man succumbs to an illness which makes fasting very difficult for him and exhausts him and wears him out, he can break his fast. This is the same as […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 45 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Said ibn al-Musayyab was asked whether a man who had vowed to fast a month could fast voluntarily, and Said said, “He should fulfil his vow before he does any voluntary fasting.” Malik said, “I have heard the […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 46 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Abdullah ibn Umar used to be asked, “an some one fast for some one else, or do the prayer for some one else?” and he would reply, “No one can fast or do the prayer for anyone else.” […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 47 قَالَ مَالِكٌ وَبَلَغَنِي عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ . قَالَ مَالِكٌ مَنْ مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ نَذْرٌ مِنْ رَقَبَةٍ يُعْتِقُهَا أَوْ صِيَامٍ أَوْ صَدَقَةٍ أَوْ بَدَنَةٍ فَأَوْصَى بِأَنْ يُوَفَّى ذَلِكَ عَنْهُ مِنْ مَالِهِ فَإِنَّ الصَّدَقَةَ وَالْبَدَنَةَ فِي ثُلُثِهِ وَهُوَ يُبَدَّى عَلَى مَا سِوَاهُ مِنَ الْوَصَايَا إِلاَّ مَا كَانَ مِثْلَهُ وَذَلِكَ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 48 وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، كَانَ يُسْأَلُ هَلْ يَصُومُ أَحَدٌ عَنْ أَحَدٍ، أَوْ يُصَلِّي أَحَدٌ عَنْ أَحَدٍ، فَيَقُولُ لاَ يَصُومُ أَحَدٌ عَنْ أَحَدٍ، وَلاَ يُصَلِّي أَحَدٌ عَنْ أَحَدٍ. Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 48 The above hadith is from the Muwatta Malik collection […]