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 65

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 65 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Said ibn al- Musayyab said, “There is no usury in animals. There are three things forbidden in animals: al-madamin, al-malaqih and habal al-habala. Al- madamin is the sale of what is in the wombs of female camels. Al- malaqih […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 66

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 66 Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Said ibn al-Musayyab that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade bartering live animals for meat. حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ Muwatta […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 67

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 67 Yahya related to me from Malik from Da’ud ibn al-Husayn that he heard Said ibn alMusayyab say, “Part of the gambling of the people of Jahiliya was bartering live animals for slaughtered meat, for instance one live sheep for two slaughtered sheep.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ، […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 68

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 68 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu’z-Zinad that Said ibn al- Musayyab said, “Bartering live animals for dead meat is forbidden.” Abu’z-Zinad said, “I said to Said ibn Musayyab, ‘What do you think of a man buying an old camel for 10 sheep?’ ” Said said, “If he […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 69

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 69 Malik said, “It is the generally agreed on way of doing things among us that the meat of camels, cattle, sheep and so on is not to be bartered one for one, except like for like, weight for weight, from hand to hand. There is no harm in that. […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 70

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 70 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham from Abu Masud al-Ansari that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade the sale price of a dog, the earnings of a prostitute and […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 71

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 71 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade ‘selling and lending.’ Malik said, “The explanation of what that meant is that one man says to another, ‘I will take your goods for such-and-such […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 72

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 72 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that al-Qasim ibn Muhammad said, ”I heard Abdullah ibn Abbas say, when a man asked him about a man making an advance on some garments and then wanting to sell them back before taking possession of them, ‘That is […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 73

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 73 Malik said, “The generally agreed on way of doing things among us about whatever is weighed but is not gold or silver, i.e. copper, brass, lead, black lead, iron, herbs, figs, cotton, and any such things that are weighed, is that there is no harm in bartering all those […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 74

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 74 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade two sales in one sale. حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ ‏.‏ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنْ بَيْعَتَيْنِ فِي بَيْعَةٍ ‏.‏ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 75

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 75 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that a man said to another, “Buy this camel for me immediately so that I can buy him from you on credit.” Abdullah ibn Umar was asked about that and he disapproved of it and forbade it. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 76

Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 76 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that al-Qasim ibn Muhammad was asked about a man who bought goods for 10 dinars cash or fifteen dinars on credit. He disapproved of that and forbade it. Malik said that if a man bought goods from a man […]