Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 13 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu’z-Zinad from Kharija ibn Zayd ibn Thabit that Zayd ibn Thabit did not sell fruit until the Pleiades were visible, at the end of May. Malik said, “The way of doing things among us about selling melons, cucumbers, water- melons, and carrots […]
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 31, Business Transactions, discusses the principles and rules governing trade and commerce.
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 14 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar from Zayd ibn Thabit that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, allowed the holder of an ariya to barter the dates on the palm for the amount of dried dates it […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 15 Yahya related to me from Malik from Da’ud ibn al-Husayn from Abu Sufyan, the mawla of Ibn Abi Ahmad, from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, allowed the produce of an ariya to be bartered for an estimation of what […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 16 Yahya related to me from Malik that Abu’r-Rijal Muhammad ibn Abd ar-Rahman heard his mother, Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman say, “A man bought the fruit of an enclosed orchard in the time of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he tended it […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 17 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz decided in a case to make a reduction for crop damage. Malik said, “That is what we do in the situation.” Malik added, “Crop damage is whatever causes loss of a third or more […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 18 Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abd ar-Rahman that al-Qasim ibn Muhammad would sell produce from his orchard and keep some of it aside. حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّ الْقَاسِمَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ، كَانَ يَبِيعُ ثَمَرَ حَائِطِهِ وَيَسْتَثْنِي مِنْهُ . Muwatta […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 19 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr that his grandfather, Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm sold the fruit of an orchard of his called al-Afraq, for 4,000 dirhams, and he kept aside 800 dirhams’ worth of dry dates. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 20 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu’r-Rijal, Muhammad ibn Abdar-Rahman ibn Haritha that his mother, Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman used to sell her fruit and keep some of it aside. Malik said, “The generally agreed upon way of doing things among us is that when a man sells […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 21 Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that Ata ibn Yasar said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘Dried dates for dried dates is like for like.’ It was said to him, ‘Your agent in Khaybar takes one sa […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 22 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd al-Hamid ibn Suhayl ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf from Said ibn al-Musayyab from Abu Said al- Khudri and from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, appointed a man as an agent in […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 23 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Yazid that Zayd ibn Ayyash told him that he had once asked Sad ibn Abi Waqqas about selling white wheat for a type of good barley. Sad asked him which was the better and when he told him the white […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 24 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade muzabana. Muzabana was selling fresh dates for dried dates by measure, and selling grapes for raisins by measure. حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ […]