Muwatta Malik: Book 9, Hadith 97 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Abdullah ibn Masud said to a certain man, “You are in a time when men of understanding (fuqaha) are many and Qur’an reciters are few, when the limits of behaviour defined in the Qur’an are guarded and its […]
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 9, Shortening the Prayer, discusses the allowances for shortening prayers during travel or hardship.
Muwatta Malik: Book 9, Hadith 98 Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, “I have heard that the first of the actions of a slave to be considered on the day of rising is the prayer. If it is accepted from him, the rest of his actions will be considered, and […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 9, Hadith 99 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The actions which the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, loved most were those which […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 9, Hadith 100 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard from Amir ibn Sad ibn Abi Waqqas that his father said, “There were two brothers, one of whom died forty nights before the other. The merit of the first was being mentioned in the presence of the Messenger of […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 9, Hadith 101 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that if some one passed by Ata ibn Yasar in the mosque with something to trade, he would call him and ask, “What is the matter with you? What do you want?” If the man said that he wished […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 9, Hadith 102 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab set aside an area near the mosque called al-Butayha and said, “Whoever wishes to talk nonsense or recite poetry or raise his voice should go to that area.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عُمَرَ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 9, Hadith 103 Yahya related to me from Malik from his paternal uncle Abu Suhayl ibn Malik that his father heard Talha ibn Ubaydullah say, “Once one of the people of Najd came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He had dishevelled hair and although […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 9, Hadith 104 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, “Shaytan ties three knots at the back of your head when you sleep, and he seals the place of each knot with […]