Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 77 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Hazim ibn Dinar from Said ibn al-Musayyab that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade the sale with uncertainty in it. Malik said, “An example of one type of uncertain transaction and risk is that […]
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 78 Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban and from Abu’z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade mulamasa and munabadha. Malik said, “Mulamasa is when a man can feel a garment but […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 79 Yahya related to me, that Malik said, “The generally agreed on way of doing things among us about a man buying cloth in one city, and then taking it to another city to sell as a murabaha, is that he is not reckoned to have the wage of an […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 80 Malik spoke about what was done among them in the case of a group of people who bought goods, drapery or slaves, and a man heard about it and said to one of the group, “I have heard the description and situation of the drapery goods you bought from […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 81 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, “Both parties in a business transaction have the right of withdrawal as long as they have not separated, except in the transaction called […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 82 Malik related to me that he had heard that Abdullah ibn Masud used to relate that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When two parties dispute about a business transaction, the seller’s word is taken, or they make an agreement among themselves. […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 83 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu’z-Zinad from Busr ibn Said from Ubayd, Abu Salih, the mawla of as-Saffah that he said, “I sold drapery to the people of Dar Nakhla on credit. Then I wanted to go to Kufa, so they proposed that I reduce the price […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 84 Yahya related to me from Malik from Uthman ibn Hafs ibn Khalda from Ibn Shihab from Salim ibn Abdullah that Abdullah ibn Umar was asked about a man who took a loan from another man for a set term. The creditor reduced the debt, and the man paid it […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 85 Malik related to me that Zayd ibn Aslam said, “Usury in the Jahiliyya was that a man would give a loan to a man for a set term. When the term was due, he would say, ‘Will you pay it off or increase me?’ If the man paid, he […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 86 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, “Delay in payment by a rich man is injustice, but when one of you is referred for payment to a wealthy […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 87 86 Malik related to me from Musa ibn Maysara that he heard a man ask Said ibn al-Musayyab, “I am a man who sells for a debt.” Said said, “Do not sell except for what you take to your camel.” Malik spoke about a person who bought goods from […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 31, Hadith 88 Malik said there was no harm if a man who sold some drapery and excluded some garments by their markings, stipulated that he chose the marked ones from that. If he did not stipulate that he would choose from them when he made the exclusion, I think that he […]