Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 41 Malik related to me from Abu’r-Rijal Muhammad ibn Abd ar-Rahman from his mother Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman that she informed him that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Do not withhold the surplus water of a well from people.” وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ […]
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 36, Hadith 42 Yahya related to me from Malik from Amr ibn Yahya al-Mazini from his father that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “There is no injury nor return of injury.” حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَحْيَى الْمَازِنِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 43 Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “No one should prevent his neighbour from fixing a wooden peg in his wall.” Then Abu Hurayra said, “Why do I see you […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 44 Malik related to me from Amr ibn Yahya al-Mazini from his father that ad-Dahhak ibn Khalifa watered his irrigation ditch from a large source of water. He wanted to have it pass through the land of Muhammad ibn Maslama, and Muhammad refused. Ad-Dahhak said to him, “Why do you […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 45 Malik related to me from Amr ibn Yahya al-Mazini that his father said, “There was a stream in my grand-father’s garden belonging to Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf wanted to transfer it to a corner of the garden nearer to his land, and the owner of […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 46 Yahya related to me from Malik that Thawr ibn Zayd ad-Dili said, “I heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘A house or land that has been divided in the Jahiliyya, it is according to the division of the Jahiliyya. A […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 47 Yahya said that he heard Malik speak about a man who died and left properties in Aliya and Safila (outlying districts of Madina). He said, “Unirrigated naturally watered land is not in the same category as irrigated land unless the family are satisfied with that. Unirrigated land is only […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 48 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Haram ibn Sad ibn Muhayyisa that a female camel of al-Bara ibn Azib entered the garden of a man and it did some damage to it. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, gave […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 49 Malik related to me from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father from Yahya ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Hatib that some slaves of Hatib stole a she-camel belonging to a man from the Muzayna tribe and they slaughtered it. The case was brought before Umar ibn al-Khattab, and Umar ordered […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 50 Yahya said that he heard Malik say, “What is done in our community about injury to a domestic animal, is that the one who injures it must pay the amount by which he has diminished the animal’s price.” Yahya said that he heard Malik speak about a camel who […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 51 Yahya related that he heard Malik say that if a man gave a washer a garment to dye and he dyed it, and then the owner of the garment said, “I did not order you to use this dye,” and the washer protested that he had done so, then […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 52 Yahya said that he heard Malik say, “What is done in our community about a man who refers a creditor to another man for the debt he owes him is that if the one referred to goes bankrupt or dies, and does not leave enough to pay the debt, […]