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 52, Visions, discusses the nature and interpretation of dreams.

Muwatta Malik: Book 52, Hadith 1

Muwatta Malik: Book 52, Hadith 1 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Talha al-Ansari from Anas ibn Malik that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The good dream of a man who is salih is a forty-sixth part of prophecy.” Yahya related […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 52, Hadith 2

Muwatta Malik: Book 52, Hadith 2 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Talha from Zufar ibn Sasaca from his father from Abu Hurayra that when the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, left the morning prayer, he would say, “Has any of you had […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 52, Hadith 3

Muwatta Malik: Book 52, Hadith 3 Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “All that will be left of prophecy after me are the mubashshirat.” They said, “What are the mubashshirat, Messenger of Allah?” […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 52, Hadith 4

Muwatta Malik: Book 52, Hadith 4 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman said, “I heard Abu Qatada ibn Ribiyy say that he heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, ‘The good dream is from Allah, and the bad […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 52, Hadith 5

Muwatta Malik: Book 52, Hadith 5 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father said about this ayat, “You have good news in the life of this world and the next world,” (Sura 10 ayat 64), that it was the good dream which the man who was salih saw or […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 52, Hadith 6

Muwatta Malik: Book 52, Hadith 6 Yahya related to me from Malik from Musa ibn Maysara from Said ibn Abi Hind from Abu Musa al-Ashari that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Whoever plays games of dice has disobeyed Allah and His Messenger. “ حَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 52, Hadith 7

Muwatta Malik: Book 52, Hadith 7 Yahya related to me from Malik from Alqama from his mother that A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, heard that the people who lived in a room in her house had some dice. She sent a message to them, “If you […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 52, Hadith 8

Muwatta Malik: Book 52, Hadith 8 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that when he found one of his family playing dice he beat him and destroyed the dice. Yahya said that he heard Malik say, “There is no good in chess, and he disapproved of it.” Yahya said, […]