Step into one of the earliest and most revered collections of Hadith and Islamic jurisprudence, the Muwatta’ of Imam Malik. This foundational text presents the established practices of the people of Medina, which Imam Malik considered a living continuity of the Sunnah. Here, you will explore a masterful blend of prophetic narrations, the rulings of the Companions, and the consensus of early scholars. Consequently, studying the Muwatta offers unparalleled insight into the Fiqh of the Salaf and the origins of the Maliki school of thought.

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 35

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 35 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from a mawla of Safiyya bint Abi Ubayd that she gave all that she possessed to her husband as compensation for her divorce from him, and Abdullah ibn Umar did not disapprove of that. Malik said that divorce was ratified for […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 36

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 36 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Rubayyi bint Muawwidh ibn Afra came with her paternal uncle to Abdullah ibn Umar and told him that she had divorced her husband for a compensation in the time of Uthman ibn Affan, and he heard about it and did […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 37

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 37 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Said ibn al-Musayyab and Sulayman ibn Yasar and Ibn Shihab all said that a woman who divorced for a compensation had the same idda as a divorced woman – three periods. Malik said that a woman who ransomed […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 38

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 38 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Sahl ibn Sad as-Saidi told him that Uwaymir al-Ajlani came to Asim ibn Adi al- Ansari and said to him, “Asim! What do you think a man who finds another man with his wife should do? Should he kill […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 39

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 39 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafic from Abdullah ibn Umar that a man cursed his wife in the time of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and disowned her child. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 40

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 40 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that `Urwa ibn az-Zubayr said that if the child of the woman against whom li`an had been pronounced or the child of fornication, died, his mother inherited from him her right in the Book of Allah the Exalted, and […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 41

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 41 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Muhammad ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Thawban that Muhammad ibn Iyas ibn al-Bukayr said, “A man divorced his wife three times before he had consummated the marriage, and then it seemed good to him to marry her. Therefore, he wanted […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 42

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 42 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Bukayr ibn Abdullah al-Ashajj from an-Numan ibn Abi Ayyash al Ansari from Ata ibn Yasar that a man came and asked Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As about a man who divorced his wife three times before he had […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 43

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 43 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Bukayr ibn Abdullah al-Ashajj informed him that Muawiya ibn Abi Ayyash al- Ansari told him that he was sitting with Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr and Asim ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab when Muhammad ibn Iyas ibn al-Bukayr came up to […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 44

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 44 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Talha ibn Abdullah ibn Awf said, and he knew that better than them, from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf that Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf divorced his wife irrevocably while he was terminally ill, and Uthman ibn Affan […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 45

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 45 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn al-Fadl from al- Araj that Uthman ibn Affan made the wives of ibn Mukmil inherit from him, and he had divorced them while he was terminally ill. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، أَنَّ عُثْمَانَ بْنَ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 46

Muwatta Malik: Book 29, Hadith 46 Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman say, ”I heard that the wife of Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf asked him to divorce her. He said, ‘When you have menstruated and are pure, then come to me.’ She did not menstruate until Abd […]