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 61

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 61 Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn Amr ibn AIqama from Malik ibn Abdullah as-Sadi that Abu Hurayra said, “The one who raises his head and lowers it before the imam – his forelock is in the hand of a shaytan.” Malik said, concerning someone who forgot […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 62

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 62 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ayyub ibn Abi Tamima as- Sakhtayani from Muhammad ibn Sirin from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, finished the prayer after two rakas and Dhu’l-Yadayn said to him, “Has the prayer been shortened […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 63

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 63 Yahya related to me from Malik from Da’ud ibn al-Husayn that Abu Sufyan, the mawla of Ibn Abi Ahmad, said that he heard Abu Hurayra say, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed asr and said the taslim after two rakas. Dhu’l-Yadayn stood […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 64

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 64 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Abu Bakr ibn Sulayman ibn Abi Hathma said, “I have heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed two rakas of one of the two day-ti me prayers, dhuhr or asr, and […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 65

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 65 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al- Musayyab, and from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman, the same as that. Malik said, “Every forgetfulness which decreases from the prayer, prostrations for it come before the greeting, and every forgetfulness which is an addition to […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 66

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 66 Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If you are uncertain in the prayer and do not know whether you have prayed three or four rakas, then pray […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 67

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 67 Yahya related to me from Malik from Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Zayd from Salim ibn Abdullah that Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, “If you are uncertain in the prayer, estimate what you think you have forgotten of the prayer and repeat it, then do the two sajdas of […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 68

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 68 Yahya related to me from Malik from Afif ibn Amr as-Sahmi that Ata ibn Yasar said, “I asked Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As and Kab al Ahbar about someone who was uncertain in his prayer, and did not know whether he had prayed three or four rakas. Both of […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 69

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 69 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar, when questioned about forgetfulness in the prayer, said, “If you think that you have forgotten part of the prayer, then pray it.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، كَانَ إِذَا سُئِلَ عَنِ النِّسْيَانِ، […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 70

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 70 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from al-Araj that Abdullah ibn Buhayna said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed two rakas with us and then stood without sitting and the people stood with him. When he had finished the […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 71

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 71 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Abd ar- Rahman ibn Hurmuz that Abdullah ibn Buhayna said, “The Messengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed dhuhr with us and he stood straight up after two rakas without sitting. When he had […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 72

Muwatta Malik: Book 3, Hadith 72 Yahya related to me from Malik from AIqama ibn Abi AIqama from his mother that A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Abu Jahm ibn Hudhayfa gave the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, a fine […]