Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 85 Malik related to me that Zayd ibn Aslam said, “Usury in the Jahiliyya was that a man would give a loan to a man for a set term. When the term was due, he would say, ‘Will you pay it off or increase me?’ If the man paid, he […]
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 86 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu’z-Zinad from al Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Delay in payment by a rich man is injustice, but when one of you is referred for payment to a wealthy […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 87 86 Malik related to me from Musa ibn Maysara that he heard a man ask Said ibn al-Musayyab, “I am a man who sells for a debt.” Said said, “Do not sell except for what you take to your camel.” Malik spoke about a person who bought goods from […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 88 Malik said there was no harm if a man who sold some drapery and excluded some garments by their markings, stipulated that he chose the marked ones from that. If he did not stipulate that he would choose from them when he made the exclusion, I think that he […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 89 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Whenever a man sells wares and then the buyer becomes bankrupt and the seller has not […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 90 Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said from Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm from Umar ibn Abdal-Aziz from Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 91 Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar that Abu Rafi, the mawla of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, borrowed a young camel […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 92 Malik related to me from Humayd ibn Qays al-Makki that Mujahid said, “Abdullah ibn Umar borrowed some dirhams from a man, then he discharged his debt with dirhams better than them. The man said, ‘Abu Abdar-Rahman. These are better than the dirhams which I lent you.’ Abdullah ibn Umar […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 93 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab said that he disapproved of one man lending another food on the provision that he gave it back to him in another city. He said, “Where is the transport?” حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 94 And Malik related to me that he had heard that a man came to Abdullah ibn Umar and said, “Abu Abd ar-Rahman, I gave a man a loan and stipulated that he give me better than what I lent him.” Abdullah ibn Umar said, “That is usury.” Abdullah said, […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 95 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that he heard Abdullah ibn Umar say, “If someone lends something, let the only condition be that it is repaid.” وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، يَقُولُ مَنْ أَسْلَفَ سَلَفًا فَلاَ يَشْتَرِطْ إِلاَّ قَضَاءَهُ . Muwatta Malik: […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 96 Malik related to me that he had heard that Abdullah ibn Masud used to say, “If someone makes a loan, they should not stipulate better than it. Even if it is a handful of grass, it is usury.” Malik said, “The generally agreed on way of doing things among […]