Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 1 Yahya related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam from a man of the Banu Damra that his father said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked about the Aqiqa. He said, ‘I do not like disobedience (uquq),’ as if he disliked the […]
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 26, The Aqiqa, discusses the Islamic tradition of animal sacrifice on the occasion of a child’s birth.
Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 2 Yahya related to me from Malik from Jafar ibn Muhammad that his father said, “Fatima, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, weighed the hair of Hasan, Husayn, Zaynab and Umm Kulthum, and gave away in sadaqa an equivalent weight of […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 3 Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman that Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn said, “Fatima, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, weighed the hair of Hasan and Husayn, and gave away in sadaqa the equivalent […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 4 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that if any of Abdullah ibn Umar’s family asked him for an aqiqa, he would give it to them. He gave a sheep as aqiqa for both his male and female children. حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 5 Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman that Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Harith at-Taymi said, “I heard my father say that the aqiqa was desirable, even if it was only a sparrow.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 6 Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that there had been an aqiqa for Hasan and Husayn, the sons of Ali ibn Abi Talib. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّهُ عُقَّ عَنْ حَسَنٍ، وَحُسَيْنٍ، ابْنَىْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ . Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 6 […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 7 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father, Urwa ibn az-Zubayr made an aqiqa for his male and female children of a sheep each. Malik said, “What we do about the aqiqa is that if someone makes an aqiqa for his children, he gives […]