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 48, Dress, discusses Islamic guidelines on clothing and modesty.

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 1

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 1 Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari said, “We went out with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in the raid on the Banu Ammar tribe.” Jabir said, “I was resting under a tree when […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 2

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 2 Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that Umar ibn al- Khattab said, “I love to look at a Qur’an reader in white garments.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ إِنِّي لأُحِبُّ أَنْ أَنْظُرَ، إِلَى الْقَارِئِ أَبْيَضَ الثِّيَابِ ‏.‏ Muwatta Malik: Book 48, […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 3

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 3 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ayyub ibn Abi Tamim that Ibn Sirin said, ”Umar ibn al-Khattab said, ‘Allah has been generous to you, so be generous to yourselves. Let a man wear a combination of his garments.’ “ وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ أَبِي تَمِيمَةَ، عَنِ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 4

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 4 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar wore garments dyed with red earth and dyed with saffron. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، كَانَ يَلْبَسُ الثَّوْبَ الْمَصْبُوغَ بِالْمِشْقِ وَالْمَصْبُوغَ بِالزَّعْفَرَانِ ‏.‏ Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 4   The above […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 5

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 5 Yahya said that he heard Malik say, “I disapprove of youths wearing any gold because I heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade wearing gold rings, and I disapprove of it for males old or young.” Yahya said, “I heard Malik […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 6

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 6 Malik related to me from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that A’isha the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, dressed Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr in a shawl of silk which A’isha used to wear. وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 7

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 7 Yahya related to me from Malik from Alqama ibn Abi Alqama that his mother said, “Hafsa bint Abd ar-Rahman visited A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and Hafsa was wearing a long thin head scarf. A’isha tore it in two and […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 8

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 8 Yahya related to me from Malik from Muslim ibn Abi Maryam from Abu Salih that Abu Hurayra said, “Women who are naked even though they are wearing clothes, go astray and make others go astray, and they will not enter the Garden and they will not find its scent, […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 9

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 9 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Ibn Shihab that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stood up in the night and looked at the horizon of the sky. He said, “What treasures has the night opened? What trials […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 10

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 10 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “A person who drags his garment in arrogance will not be looked at by Allah on the Day of Rising.” وَحَدَّثَنِي […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 11

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 11 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, “On the Day of Rising, Allah the Blessed, the Exalted, will not look at a person who drags his lower garment in […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 12

Muwatta Malik: Book 48, Hadith 12 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi and Abdullah ibn Dinar and Zayd ibn Aslam that all of them informed him from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “On the Day of Rising, Allah will not look […]