Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 29 Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, “The Messenger of Allah, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, ordered the two Sads to sell a vessel made of either gold or silver from the booty. They either sold each three units of weight for four […]
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 31, Hadith 30 Yahya related to me from Malik from Musa ibn Abi Tamim from Abu’l Hubab Said ibn Yasar from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “A dinar for a dinar, a dirham for a dirham, no excess between the two.” […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 31 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abu Said al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Do not sell gold for gold except like for like and do not increase one part over another part. Do not sell silver […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 32 Yahya related to me from Malik from Humayd ibn Qays al-Makki that Mujahid said, “I was with Abdullah ibn Umar and an artisan came to him and said, ‘Abu Abd ar-Rahman – I fashion gold and then sell what I have made for more than its weight. I take […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 33 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard from his grandfather, Malik ibn Abi Amir that Uthman ibn Affan said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to me, ‘Do not sell a dinar for two dinars nor a dirham for […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 34 Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar that Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan sold a gold or silver drinking- vessel for more than its weight. Abu’dDarda said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbidding such […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 35 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, “Do not sell gold for gold except like for like, and do not increase one part over another part. Do not sell silver for silver except like for like, and do not […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 36 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar from Abdullah ibn Umar that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, “Do not sell gold for gold except like for like. Do not increase part of it over another part. Do not sell silver for silver except like for like, and […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 37 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that al-Oasim ibn Muhammad said, ”Umar ibn al-Khattab said, ‘A dinar for a dinar, and a dirham for adirham, and a sa for a sa. Something to be collected later is not to be sold for something at hand. […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 38 Yahya related to me from Malik that Abu’z-Zinad heard Said ibn al-Musayyab say, “There is usury only in gold or silver or what is weighed or measured of what is eaten or drunk.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، يَقُولُ لاَ رِبًا إِلاَّ فِي […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 39 Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said heard Said ibn al-Musayyab say, “Keeping gold and silver out of circulation is part of working corruption in the land.” Malik said, “There is no harm in buying gold with silver or silver with gold without measuring if it […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 40 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Malik ibn Aus ibn al-Hadathan an-Nasri that one time he asked to exchange 100 dinars. He said, “Talha ibn Ubaydullah called me over and we made a mutual agreement that he would make an exchange for me. He took […]