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 34, Hadith 3

Muwatta Malik: Book 34, Hadith 3 Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab that he asked Salim ibn ‘Abdullah ibn Umar about renting out fields. He said, “There is no harm in it for gold or silver.” Ibn Shihab said, “I said to him, ‘What do you think of the hadith which is mentioned from […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 34, Hadith 4

Muwatta Malik: Book 34, Hadith 4 Malik related to me that he had heard that Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf rented land, and he continued to have it in his possession until he died. His son said, “I thought that it was ours because of the length of time which it had remained in his hands, […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 34, Hadith 5

Muwatta Malik: Book 34, Hadith 5 Malik related to me from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father used to rent out his land for gold and silver. Malik was asked about a man who rented his field for 100 sa of dates or part of its produce of wheat or from other than its produce. […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 35, Hadith 1

Muwatta Malik: Book 35, Hadith 1 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al- Musayyab and from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, decreed for partners the right of preemption in property which had not been […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 35, Hadith 2

Muwatta Malik: Book 35, Hadith 2 Malik said, “That is the sunna about which there is no dispute among us.” Muwatta Malik: Book 35, Hadith 2   The above hadith is from the Muwatta Malik collection of hadiths. Compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas in the 8th century, the Muwatta Malik is one of the […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 35, Hadith 3

Muwatta Malik: Book 35, Hadith 3 Malik said that he heard that Said ibn al-Musayyab, when asked about pre-emption and whether there was a sunna in it, said, “Yes. Pre-emption is in houses and land, and it is only between partners.” قَالَ مَالِكٌ إِنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ سُئِلَ عَنِ الشُّفْعَةِ هَلْ فِيهَا مِنْ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 35, Hadith 4

Muwatta Malik: Book 35, Hadith 4 Malik related to me that he heard the like of that from Sulayman ibn Yasar. Malik spoke about a man who bought out one of the partners in a shared property, by paying the man with an animal, a slave, a slave-girl, or the equivalent of that in goods. […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 35, Hadith 5

Muwatta Malik: Book 35, Hadith 5 Yahya said that Malik related from Muhammad ibn Umara from Abu Bakr ibn Hazm that Uthman ibn Affan said, “When boundaries are fixed in land, there is no pre-emption in it. There is no pre-emption in a well or in male palm trees. ” Malik said, “This is what […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 1

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 1 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father from Zaynab bint Abi Salama from Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “I […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 2

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 2 Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said from Said ibn al-Musayyab that Umar ibn al-Khattab had a dispute brought to him between a muslim and a jew. Umar saw that the right belonged to the jew and decided in his favour. The jew said to him, “By Allah! […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 3

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 3 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm from his father from Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Uthman from Abu Amra al-Ansari from Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 4

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 4 Malik related to me that Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman said, “An Iraqi man came before Umar ibn al-Khattab and said, ‘I have come to you because of a matter which has no beginning and no end.’ Umar said, ‘What is it?’ The man said, ‘False testimony has appeared […]