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 61

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 61 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard the people of knowledge telling people not to fast on the day in Shaban when there was doubt (about whether it was Shaban or Ramadan), if they intended by it the fast of Ramadan . They considered that whoever […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 62

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 62 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu’n Nadr, the mawla of Umar ibn Ubaydullah, from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman that A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 63

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 63 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu’z Zinad from al-A’raj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Fasting is a protection for you, so when you are fasting, do not behave obscenely or foolishly, and if any one […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 64

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 64 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, “By the One in Whose hand my self is, the smell of the breath of a man fasting is better with […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 65

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 65 Yahya related to me from Malik from his paternal uncle Abu Suhayl ibn Malik from his father that Abu Hurayra said, “When Ramadan comes the gates of the Garden are opened and the gates of the Fire are locked, and the shayatin are chained.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 66

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 66 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the people of knowledge did not disapprove of people fasting using tooth-sticks at any hour of the day in Ramadan, whether at the beginning or the end, nor had he heard any of the people of knowledge disapproving […]