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 22, Vows and Oaths, discusses the rulings and implications of making vows and taking oaths.

Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 13

Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 13 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar said, “If someone breaks an oath which he has stressed, he has to free a slave, or clothe ten poor people. If someone breaks an oath, but has not stressed it, he only has to feed ten […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 14

Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 14 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to do kaffara for a broken oath by feeding ten poor people. Each person got a mudd of wheat. He sometimes freed a slave if he had repeated the oath. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 15

Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 15 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Sulayman ibn Yasar said, “I understood from people that when they made the kaffara for a broken oath, they gave a mudd of wheat according to the smaller mudd. They thought that that would compensate for them.” Malik […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 16

Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 16 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that one time the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was speaking to Umar ibn al-Khattab while he was travelling with a troop and Umar swore by his father and he (the […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 17

Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 17 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used tosay, “No, by the Overturner of hearts.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَقُولُ ‏ “‏ لاَ وَمُقَلِّبِ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 18

Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 18 Yahya related to me from Malik from Uthman ibn Hafs ibn Umar ibn Khalda that Ibn Shihab had heard that Abu Lubaba ibn Abd al-Mundhir, when Allah turned to him said, “Messenger of Allah, should I leave my people’s house in which I committed wrong action and keep your […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 19

Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 19 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ayyub ibn Musa from Mansur ibn Abd ar-Rahman al-Hajabi from his mother that A’isha, umm al- muminin, may Allah be pleased with her, was asked about a man who devoted his property to the door of Kaba. She said, “Let him do […]