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 3, Prayer, covers the methods, conditions, and regulations of performing the daily prayers.

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 25

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 25 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utba ibn Masud from Abdullah ibn Abbas that Umm al- Fadl bint al-Harith heard him reciting al Mursalat (sura 77) and she said to him, “My son, you have reminded me by reciting this sura […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 26

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 26 26 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Ubayd, the mawla of Sulayman ibn Abd alMalik, from Ubada ibn Nusayy from Qays ibn al Harith that Abu Abdullah as-Sunabihi said, “I arrived in Madina in the khalifate of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, and I prayed maghrib behind him. He […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 27

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 27 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to recite in all four rakas as when he prayed alone – in every raka the umm al-Qur’an and another sura from the Qur’an. Sometimes he would recite two or three suras in one raka in […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 28

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 28 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Adi ibn Thabit al-Ansari that al-Barra ibn Azib said, “I prayed isha with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he recited at-Tin (Sura 95) in it.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 29

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 29 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Ibrahim ibn Abdullah ibn Hunayn from hisfatherfromAliibnAbiTalibthattheMessengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade wearing the qassi (an Egyptian garment, stripedwithsilk),wearing gold rings, and reciting the Qur’an in ruku. حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 30

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 30 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al Harith at-Taymi from Abu Hazim at-Tammar from al Bayadi that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came out to the people while they were praying and their […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 31

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 31 Yahya related to me from Malik from Humayd at-Tawil that Anas ibn Malik said, “I stood behind Abu Bakr and Umar and Uthman and none of them used to recite ‘In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate’ when they began the prayer.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 32

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 32 Yahya related to me from Malik from his paternal uncle Abu Suhayl ibn Malik that his father said, “We heard the recitation of Umar ibn al-Khattab when we were at the home of Abu Jahmin al-Balat.” (Al-Balat was a place in Madina between the mosque and the market.) وَحَدَّثَنِي […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 33

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 33 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that when Abdullah ibn Umar missed anything of the prayer in which the imam recited out loud, he would stand up when the imam had said the taslim and recite what he owed out loud to himself. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 34

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 34 Yahya related to me from Malik that Yazid ibn Ruman said, “I used to pray next to Nafi ibn Jubayr ibn Mutim and he would nudge me to prompt him while we were praying.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُومَانَ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي إِلَى جَانِبِ نَافِعِ بْنِ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 35

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 35 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that Abu Bakr as-Siddiq prayed subh and recited suratal-Baqara in the two rak’as. حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ، صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ فَقَرَأَ فِيهَا سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ كِلْتَيْهِمَا […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 36

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 36 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father heard Abdullah ibn Amir ibn Rabia say, “We prayed subh behind Umar ibn al-Khattab and he recited suraYusuf (Sura 12) and surat al- Hajj (Sura 22) slowly.” I (Hisham’s father) said, “By Allah, then it must […]