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 85

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 85 Yahya related to me from Malik that Ibn Shihab said that he had heard Said ibn al-Musayyab, Humayd ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf, Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utba ibn Masud, and Sulayman ibn Yasarall say, that they had heard Abu Hurayra say that he had heard Umar ibn al-Khattab […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 86

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 86 Yahya related to me from Malik from Thabit ibn al-Ahnaf that he married an umm walad of Abd ar-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn al-Khattab. He said, “Abdullah ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn al-Khattab summoned me and I went to him. I came in upon him and there were whips […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 87

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 87 Yahya related to me from Malik that Abdullah ibn Dinar said, “I heard Abdullah ibn Umar recite from the Qur’an, ‘Prophet! When you divorce women, divorce them at the beginning of their idda.’” Malik said, “He meant by that, to make one pronouncement of divorce at the beginning of […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 88

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 88 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father said, “It used to be that a man would divorce his wife and then return to her before her idda was over, and that was alright, even if he divorced her a thousand times. The man […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 89

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 89 Yahya related to me from Malik from Thawr ibn Zayd ad-Dili that Allah, the Blessed, the Exalted, sent down about a man who divorced his wife and then returned to her while he had no need of her and did not mean to keep her so as to make […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 90

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 90 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Said ibn al-Musayyab and Sulayman ibn Yasar were asked about a man who divorced when he was drunk. They said, “When a drunk man divorces, his divorce is allowed. If he kills, he is killed for it.” Malik […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 91

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 91 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Said ibn al-Musayyab said, “If a man does not find the means to spend on his wife, they are to be separated . ” Malik said, “That is what I saw the people of knowledge in our city […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 92

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 92 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdu Rabbih ibn Said ibn Qays that Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman said that Abdullah ibn Abbas and Abu Hurayra were asked when a pregnant woman whose husband had died could remarry. Ibn Abbas said, “At the end of two periods.” Abu […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 93

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 93 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar was asked about a woman whose husband died while she was pregnant, and he said, “When she gives birth, she is free to marry.” A man of the Ansar who was with him told him that Umar […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 94

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 94 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn ‘Urwa from his father that al-Miswar ibn Makhrama told him that Subaya al-Aslamiya gave birth a few nights after the death of her husband. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to her, “You […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 95

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 95 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Sulayman ibn Yasar that Abdullah ibn Abbas and Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf differed on the question of a wornan who gave birth a few nights after the death of her husband. Abu Salama said, “When […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 96

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 96 Yahya related to me from Malik from Said ibn Ishaq ibn Kab ibn Ujra from his paternal aunt, Zaynab bint Kab ibn Ujra that al-Furaya bint Malik ibn Sinan, the sister of Abu Said al-Khudri, informed her that she went to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him […]