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 32, Hadith 10

Muwatta Malik: Book 32, Hadith 10 Yahya said that Malik spoke about an investor who made a qirad loan to a man. He said, “When the investment is large, the travelling expenses of the agent are taken from it. He can use it to eat and clothe himself in an acceptable fashion according to the […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 32, Hadith 11

Muwatta Malik: Book 32, Hadith 11 Yahya said that Malik spoke about an agent who had qirad money with him and he spent from it and clothed himself. He said, “He cannot give away any of it, and neither a beggar nor anyone else is to be given any of it and he does not […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 32, Hadith 12

Muwatta Malik: Book 32, Hadith 12 Yahya said that Malik said, “The generally agreed on way of doing things among us about an investor who pays qirad money to an agent to buy goods, and the agent then sells the goods for a price to be paid later, and has a profit in the transaction, […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 32, Hadith 13

Muwatta Malik: Book 32, Hadith 13 Yahya said that Malik spoke about an investor who gave qirad money to a man, and then the man sought a loan from the investor or the investor borrowed money from the agent, or the investor left goods with the agent to sell for him, or the investor gave […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 32, Hadith 14

Muwatta Malik: Book 32, Hadith 14 Yahya said that Malik spoke about a man who loaned another man money and then the debtor asked him to leave it with him as a qirad. Malik said, “I do not like that unless he takes his money back from him, and then pays it to him as […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 32, Hadith 15

Muwatta Malik: Book 32, Hadith 15 Yahya said that Malik spoke about an investor paying qirad money to an agent who made a profit and then wanted to take his share of the profit and the investor was away. He said, “He should not take any of it unless the investor is present. If he […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 32, Hadith 16

Muwatta Malik: Book 32, Hadith 16 Yahya said that Malik spoke about an investor who put qirad money with an agent who bought goods with it, and the investor told him to sell them. The agent said that he did not see any way to sell at that time and they quarrelled about it. He […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 33, Hadith 1

Muwatta Malik: Book 33, Hadith 1 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al- Musayyab that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to the jews of Khaybar on the day of the conquest of Khaybar, “I confirm you in it as long as […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 33, Hadith 2

Muwatta Malik: Book 33, Hadith 2 Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Sulayman ibn Yasar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to send Abdullah ibn Rawaha to Khaybar, to assess the division of the fruit crop between him and the jews of Khaybar. The jews […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 33, Hadith 3

Muwatta Malik: Book 33, Hadith 3 Yahya said that Malik said, “The best of what has been heard about a sharecropper stipulating on the owner of the property the inclusion of some slave workers, is that there is no harm in that if they are workers that come with the property. They are like the […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 34, Hadith 1

Muwatta Malik: Book 34, Hadith 1 Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abd ar-Rahman from Handhala ibn Qays az-Zuraqi from Rafi ibn Khadij that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade renting out fields. Handhala said, “I asked Rafi ibn Khadij, about paying in gold and […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 34, Hadith 2

Muwatta Malik: Book 34, Hadith 2 Malik related to me that Ibn Shihab said, “I asked Said ibn al- Musayyab about renting land for gold or silver, and he said, ‘There is no harm in it.’ “ وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ عَنْ كِرَاءِ الأَرْضِ، بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْوَرِقِ فَقَالَ لاَ […]