Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 1 Malik related to me from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “It is the duty of a muslim man who has something to be given as a bequest not to spend two nights without writing a […]
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 37, Wills and Testaments, covers the rules and ethics of preparing wills.
Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 2 Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Hazm that Amr ibn Sulaym az-Zuraqi informed his father that it had been said to Umar ibn al-Khattab, “There is here an adolescent boy who has not yet reached puberty. He is from the Ghassan tribe and his heir […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 3 Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said from Abu Bakr ibn Hazm that a boy from Ghassan was dying in Madina while his heir was in Syria. That was mentioned to Umar ibn al-Khattab. It was said to him, “So-and-so is dying. Shall he make a bequest?” He […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 4 Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Amir ibn Sad ibn Abi Waqqas that his father said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to me to treat me for a pain which became hard to bear in the year of the […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 5 Yahya said that he heard Malik say, “The best of what I have heard about the testament of a pregnant woman and about what settlements she is permitted in her property is that the pregnant woman is like the sick person. When the illness is light, and one does […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 6 Yahya said that he heard Malik say, “This ayat is abrogated. It is the word of Allah, the Blessed, the Exalted, ‘If he leaves goods, the testament is for parents and kinsmen.’ What came down about the division of the fixed shares of inheritance in the Book of Allah, […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 7 Malik said from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that an effeminate man was with Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He said to Abdullah ibn Abi Umayya while the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 8 Malik related to me that Yahya ibn Said said that he heard al- Qasim ibn Muhammad say, “A woman of the Ansar was married to Umar ibn al-Khattab. She bore Asim ibn Umar to him, and then he separated from her. Umar came to Quba and found his son […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 9 Yahya said that he heard Malik speak about a man who bought goods – animals or clothes or wares, and the sale was found not to be permitted so it was revoked and the one who had taken the goods was ordered to return the owner his goods. Malik […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 10 Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said that Abu’d-Darda wrote to Salman al-Farsi, “Come immediately to the holy land.” Salman wrote back to him, “Land does not make anyone holy. Man’s deeds make him holy. I have heard that you were put up as a doctor to treat […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 11 Malik related to me from Umar ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Dalaf al- Muzani from his father that a man from the Juhayna tribe used to buy camels before people set out for hajj and sell them at a higher price. Then he travelled quickly and used to arrive in […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 12 Yahya said that he heard Malik say, “The sunna with us about the crime of slaves is that the hand is not cut off for any harm that a slave causes a man, or something he pilfers, or something guarded which he steals, or hanging dates he cuts down […]