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 73

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 73 Malik said, “The generally agreed on way of doing things among us about whatever is weighed but is not gold or silver, i.e. copper, brass, lead, black lead, iron, herbs, figs, cotton, and any such things that are weighed, is that there is no harm in bartering all those […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 74

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 74 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade two sales in one sale. حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ ‏.‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنْ بَيْعَتَيْنِ فِي بَيْعَةٍ ‏.‏ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 75

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 75 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that a man said to another, “Buy this camel for me immediately so that I can buy him from you on credit.” Abdullah ibn Umar was asked about that and he disapproved of it and forbade it. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 76

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 76 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that al-Qasim ibn Muhammad was asked about a man who bought goods for 10 dinars cash or fifteen dinars on credit. He disapproved of that and forbade it. Malik said that if a man bought goods from a man […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 77

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 77 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Hazim ibn Dinar from Said ibn al-Musayyab that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade the sale with uncertainty in it. Malik said, “An example of one type of uncertain transaction and risk is that […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 78

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 78 Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban and from Abu’z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade mulamasa and munabadha. Malik said, “Mulamasa is when a man can feel a garment but […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 79

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 79 Yahya related to me, that Malik said, “The generally agreed on way of doing things among us about a man buying cloth in one city, and then taking it to another city to sell as a murabaha, is that he is not reckoned to have the wage of an […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 80

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 80 Malik spoke about what was done among them in the case of a group of people who bought goods, drapery or slaves, and a man heard about it and said to one of the group, “I have heard the description and situation of the drapery goods you bought from […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 81

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 81 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, said, “Both parties in a business transaction have the right of withdrawal as long as they have not separated, except in the transaction called […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 82

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 82 Malik related to me that he had heard that Abdullah ibn Masud used to relate that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When two parties dispute about a business transaction, the seller’s word is taken, or they make an agreement among themselves. […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 83

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 83 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu’z-Zinad from Busr ibn Said from Ubayd, Abu Salih, the mawla of as-Saffah that he said, “I sold drapery to the people of Dar Nakhla on credit. Then I wanted to go to Kufa, so they proposed that I reduce the price […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 84

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 84 Yahya related to me from Malik from Uthman ibn Hafs ibn Khalda from Ibn Shihab from Salim ibn Abdullah that Abdullah ibn Umar was asked about a man who took a loan from another man for a set term. The creditor reduced the debt, and the man paid it […]