Muwatta Malik: Book 58, Hadith 1 Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said from Abu’l-Hubab Said ibn Yasar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Whoever gives sadaqa from good earning – and Allah only accepts the good – it is as if he placed it in […]
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 58, Sadaqa, discusses voluntary charity and its virtues.
Muwatta Malik: Book 58, Hadith 2 Malik related to me that Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Talha heard Anas ibn Malik say, “Abu Talha had the greatest amount of property in palm-trees among the Ansar in Madina. The dearest of his properties to him was Bayruha which was in front of the mosque. The Messenger […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 58, Hadith 3 Malik related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Give to a beggar even if he comes on a horse.” وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 58, Hadith 4 Malik related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam from Amr ibn Muadh al- Ashali al-Ansari that his grandmother said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘O trusting women! Let none of you despise giving to her neighbour even if it is only […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 58, Hadith 5 Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that a beggar asked A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, for something while she was fasting and there was only a loaf of bread in her house. She said to her female […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 58, Hadith 6 Yahya related to me that Malik said, “I heard that a beggar asked for food from A’isha, umm al-muminin, while she had some grapes. She told some one to take him one grape. He began to look in amazement. A’isha said, ‘Are you amazed? How many atoms’ weights do […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 58, Hadith 7 Malik related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ata ibn Yazid al-Laythi from Abu Said al-Khudri that some people of the Ansar asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he gave to them. Then they asked him again, and he […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 58, Hadith 8 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said from the mimbar when mentioning sadaqa and refraining from asking, “The upper hand is better than the lower hand. The upper hand is […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 58, Hadith 9 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, sent a gift to Umar ibn al-Khattab, and Umar returned it. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 58, Hadith 10 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, “By Him in whose hand myself is! To take your rope and gather firewood on your back is better for you than […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 58, Hadith 11 Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar that a man of the Banu Asad said, “My family and I dismounted to rest at Baqi. My family said to me, ‘Go to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 58, Hadith 12 Yahya related that Malik heard al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman say, “Sadaqa does not decrease property, and Allah only increases a slave in worth for his restraint, and no slave is humble but that Allah raises him.” Malik said, “I do not know whether this hadith goes back to the […]