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 37

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 37 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said and Rabia ibn Abi Abd arRahman from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad that al Furafisa ibn Umayral-Hanafi said, “I only learnt Sura Yusuf (Sura 12) from the recitation of it by Uthman ibn Affan in the subh prayer because of the […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 38

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 38 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to recite the first ten suras of the mufassal in the subh prayer, and on a journey he would recite the ummal-Qur’an and a sura in every raka. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 39

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 39 Yahya related to me from Malik from al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Yaqub that Abu Said, the mawla of Amir ibn Kuraz told him that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, called toUbayy ibn Kab while he was praying. When Ubayy had finished […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 40

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 40 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Nuaym Wahb ibn Kaysan that he heard Jabir ibn Abdullah say, “Someone who prays a raka without reciting the umm al-Qur’an in it has not done the prayer except behind an imam.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي نُعَيْمٍ، وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 41

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 41 Yahya related to me from Malik from al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Ya’qub that he heard Abu’s-Sa’ib, the mawla of Hisham ibn Zuhra, say he had heard Abu Hurayra say, “I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, ‘Whoever prays a prayer […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 42

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 42 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father used to recite behind the imam when the imam did not recite aloud. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ خَلْفَ الإِمَامِ فِيمَا لاَ يَجْهَرُ فِيهِ الإِمَامُ بِالْقِرَاءَةِ ‏.‏ Muwatta Malik: […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 43

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 43 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said and from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar Rahman that al-Qasim ibn Muhammad used to recite behind the imam when the imam did not recite aloud. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، وَعَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 44

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 44 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yazid ibn Ruman that Nafi ibn Jubayr ibn Mutim used to recite behind the imam when hedid not recite aloud . Malik said, “That is the most preferable to me of what I have heard about the matter.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 45

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 45 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar, when asked if anyone should recite behind an imam, said, “When you pray behind an imam then the recitation of the imam is enough for you and when you pray on your own you must recite.” Nafi […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 46

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 46 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ibn Ukayma al-Laythi from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, finished a prayer in which he had recited aloud and asked, “Did any of you recite with me just now?” […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 47

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 47 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Sa’id ibn al- Musayyab and Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman told him from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When the imam says ‘Amin’, say ‘Amin’, for the one […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 48

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 48 Yahya related to me from Malik from Sumayy, the mawla of Abu Bakr, from Abu Salih as Samman, from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When the imam has said, ‘not of those with whom You are angry nor […]