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 36, Judgements, discusses legal verdicts and the administration of justice.

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 37

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 37 Yahya related from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If anyone revives dead land, it belongs to him, and the unjust root has no right.” Malik explained, “The unjust root is whatever is […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 38

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 38 Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Salim ibn Abdullah from his father that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, “Whoever revives dead land, it belongs to him.” Malik said, “That is what is done in our community.” وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 39

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 39 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm that he heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said about the flood-channels of Mahzur and Mudhaynib (in Madina), “Dam them systematically, so that the […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 40

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 40 Malik related to me from Abu’z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Excess water is not withheld in order to prevent herbage from growing.” وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 41

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 41 Malik related to me from Abu’r-Rijal Muhammad ibn Abd ar-Rahman from his mother Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman that she informed him that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Do not withhold the surplus water of a well from people.” وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 42

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 42 Yahya related to me from Malik from Amr ibn Yahya al-Mazini from his father that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “There is no injury nor return of injury.” حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَحْيَى الْمَازِنِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 43

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 43 Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “No one should prevent his neighbour from fixing a wooden peg in his wall.” Then Abu Hurayra said, “Why do I see you […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 44

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 44 Malik related to me from Amr ibn Yahya al-Mazini from his father that ad-Dahhak ibn Khalifa watered his irrigation ditch from a large source of water. He wanted to have it pass through the land of Muhammad ibn Maslama, and Muhammad refused. Ad-Dahhak said to him, “Why do you […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 45

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 45 Malik related to me from Amr ibn Yahya al-Mazini that his father said, “There was a stream in my grand-father’s garden belonging to Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf wanted to transfer it to a corner of the garden nearer to his land, and the owner of […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 46

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 46 Yahya related to me from Malik that Thawr ibn Zayd ad-Dili said, “I heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘A house or land that has been divided in the Jahiliyya, it is according to the division of the Jahiliyya. A […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 47

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 47 Yahya said that he heard Malik speak about a man who died and left properties in Aliya and Safila (outlying districts of Madina). He said, “Unirrigated naturally watered land is not in the same category as irrigated land unless the family are satisfied with that. Unirrigated land is only […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 48

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 48 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Haram ibn Sad ibn Muhayyisa that a female camel of al-Bara ibn Azib entered the garden of a man and it did some damage to it. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, gave […]