Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 25 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father said that a man who pronounced a dhihar from his four wives in one statement, had only to do one kaffara. Yahya related the same as that to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd […]
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 29, Divorce, discusses the procedures, rulings, and consequences of divorce.
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 26 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that he heard a man ask Urwa ibn az-Zubayr about a man who said to his wife, “Any woman I marry along with you as long as you live will be like my mother’s back to me.” Urwa ibn […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 27 ahya related to me from Malik that he asked Ibn Shihab about the dhihar of a slave. He said, “It is like the dhihar of a free man.” Malik said, “He meant that the same conditions were applied in both cases.” Malik said, “The dhihar of the slave is […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 28 Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad that A’isha umm al-muminin, said, “There were three sunnas established in connection with Barira: firstly was that when she was set free she was given her choice about her husband, secondly, the Messenger […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 29 ahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar said that a female slave who was the wife of a slave and then was set free, had the right of choice as long as he did not have intercourse with her. Malik said, “If her husband […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 30 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibn az- Zubayr that a mawla of the tribe of Banu Adi called Zabra told him that she had been the wife of a slave when she was a slave-girl. Then she was set free and she sent […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 31 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Said ibn al-Musayyab said that if a man married a woman, and he was insane or had a physical defect, she had the right of choice. If she wished she could stay, and if she wished she could […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 32 Malik said that if a slave-girl, who was the wife of a slave, was set free before he had consummated the marriage, and she chose herself, then she had no bride-price and it was a pronouncement of divorce. That was what was done among them. Muwatta Malik: Book 29, […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 33 Yahya related to me that Malik heard Ibn Shihab say, “When a man gives his wife the right of choice, and she chooses him, that is not divorce.” Malik added, “That is the best of what I have heard.” Malik said that if a woman who had been given […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 34 Yahya related. to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman told him from Habiba bint Sahl al-Ansari that she had been the wife of Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, went out for […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 35 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from a mawla of Safiyya bint Abi Ubayd that she gave all that she possessed to her husband as compensation for her divorce from him, and Abdullah ibn Umar did not disapprove of that. Malik said that divorce was ratified for […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 36 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Rubayyi bint Muawwidh ibn Afra came with her paternal uncle to Abdullah ibn Umar and told him that she had divorced her husband for a compensation in the time of Uthman ibn Affan, and he heard about it and did […]