Muwatta Malik: Book 51, Hadith 1 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Bakr ibn Nafi from his father Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ordered the moustache to be trimmed and the beard to be left. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي […]
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 51, Hair, discusses rulings and etiquettes related to hair care and grooming.
Muwatta Malik: Book 51, Hadith 2 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Humay ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf heard Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan say from the mimbar in the year that he performed the hajj, holding a lock of hair (i.e. a hairpiece) which he took from one of his guards, […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 51, Hadith 3 Yahya related to me from Malik that Ziyad ibn Sad heard Ibn Shihab say, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, let his hair hang down his forehead as Allah willed, and afterwards he parted it.” Malik said, “There is no harm in a […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 51, Hadith 4 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar disapproved of castration and said, “The completeness of the created form is in the testicles.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَكْرَهُ الإِخْصَاءَ وَيَقُولُ فِيهِ تَمَامُ الْخَلْقِ . Muwatta Malik: Book […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 51, Hadith 5 Yahya related to me from Malik that Safwan ibn Sulaym heard that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “I and the one who guards the orphan, whether for himself or for someone else, will be like these two in the Garden, when he has […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 51, Hadith 6 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Abu Qatada al-Ansari said to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, “I have a lot of hair which comes down to my shoulders, shall I comb it?” The Messenger of Allah. may […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 51, Hadith 7 Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that Ata ibn Yasar told him that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was in the mosque when a man came in with dishevelled hair and beard. The Messenger of Allah. may Allah […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 51, Hadith 8 Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said that Muhammad ibn Ibrahim at-Taymi had informed him that Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman said “Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Aswad ibn Abdal-Yaghuth used to sit with us and he had a white beard and hair. One day he came […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 51, Hadith 9 Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said that he had heard that Khalid ibn al-Walid said to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, “I have nightmares.” The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 51, Hadith 10 Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, “When the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was taken on the Night Journey, he saw an evil jinn seeking him with a torch of fire. Whenever the Messenger of Allah, may Allah […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 51, Hadith 11 Yahya related to me from Malik from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih from his father from Abu Hurayra that a man of the Aslam tribe said, “I did not sleep last night.” The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to him, “For what reason?” […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 51, Hadith 12 Yahya related to me from Malik from Summayy, the mawla of Abu Bakr from al-Qa’qa ibn Hakim that Kab al-Ahbar said, “Had it not been for some words which I said, the jews would have made me into a donkey.” Someone asked him what they were. He said, “I […]