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 20, Hajj, discusses the pilgrimage rituals, obligations, and etiquettes.

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 49

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 49 Yahya related to me from Malik, from AIqama ibn Abi AIqama, from his mother, that A’isha, umm al-muminin, used to camp on the plain of Arafa at a place called Namira, and then later she changed to another place called al-Arak. She said, ”A’isha, and those who were with […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 50

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 50 Yahya related to me from Malik, from Yahya ibn Said, that Umar ibn Abd alAziz was once going from Mina (to Arafa) on the day of Arafa and heard the takbir being said loudly, so he sent the guard to shout out to the people, “O people, you should […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 51

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 51 Yahya related to me from Malik, from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim, from his father, that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, “People of Makka, why is it that people arrive dishevelled while you still have oil on your hair? Go into ihram when you see the new moon.” حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 52

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 52 Yahya related to me from Malik, from Hisham ibn Urwa, that Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr stayed in Makka for nine years. He would go into ihram for hajj at the beginning of Dhu’l-Hijja, and Urwa ibn az- Zubayr, who was with him, would do likewise. Yahya said that Malik said, […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 53

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 53 Yahya related to me from Malik, from ‘Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Muhammad, that Amra bint ‘Abd ar-Rahman told him that Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan once wrote to A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saying, “‘Abdullah ibn Abbas said that whatever […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 54

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 54 Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, “I asked Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman if there was anything that was haram for someone who sent a sacrificial animal (to Makka) but did not go there himself, and she told me that she had heard A’isha say, […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 55

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 55 Yahya related to me from Malik, from Yahya ibn Said, from Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Harith at-Taymi, that Rabia ibn Abdullah ibn al-Hudayr once saw a man in a state of ihram in Iraq. So he asked people about him and they said, “He has given directions for his […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 56

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 56 Yahya related to me from Malik, from Nafi, that Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, “A menstruating woman who wants to go into ihram to do either hajj or umra can do so if she so wishes, but she cannot do tawaf of the House, nor the say between […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 57

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 57 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did umra three times: in the year of Hudaybiya, in the year of al-Qadiyya, and in the year of al-Jiirrana. حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 58

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 58 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, only did three umras, one of them in Shawwal, and two in Dhu’l-Qada. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 59

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 59 Yahya related to me from Malik, from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Harmala al-Aslami, that somebody asked Said ibn al-Musayyab, “Can I do umra before I do hajj?”, and Said said, “Yes, the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did umra before doing hajj.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 60

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 60 Yahya related to me from Malik, from Ibn Shihab, from Said ibn al-Musayyab, that Umar ibn Abi Salama once asked Umar ibn alKhattab for permission to do umra in Shawwal. He gave him permission, so he did umra and then went back to his family, and he did not […]