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 53

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 53 Yahya said that he heard Malik say, “If a man buys a garment which has a defect, a burn or something else, which the seller knows about and that is testified against him or he confirms it, and the man who has bought it causes a new tear which […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 54

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 54 Yahya related to us from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Humayd ibn Abd ar-Rah man ibn Awf and from Muhammad ibn an-Numan ibn Bashir that they related to him that an-Numan ibn Bashir said that his father Bashir brought him to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 55

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 55 Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibn az-Zubayr that A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Abu Bakr as-Siddiq gave me palm trees whose produce was twenty awsuq from his property at al-Ghaba. When he was dying, he […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 56

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 56 Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibn az-Zubayr from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abd al-Qari that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, “What is wrong with men who give their sons gifts and then keep them and if the son dies, they say, ‘My property is in my possession […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 57

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 57 Yahya said that he heard Malik say, “What is done in our community about some one who gives a gift not intending a reward is that he calls witnesses to it. It is affirmed for the one to whom it has been given unless the giver dies before the […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 58

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 58 Malik related to me from Da’ud ibn al-Husayn from Abu Ghatafan ibn Tarif al-Muriyi that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, “If someone gives a gift to strengthen ties with a relative or as sadaqa, he cannot have it returned. If some one, however, gives a gift seeking by it favour […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 59

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 59 Yahya said that he heard Malik say, “The way of doing things in our community about which there is no dispute, is that if a man gives sadaqa to his son – sadaqa which the son takes possession of or which is in the father’s keeping and the father […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 60

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 60 Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar- Rahman ibn Awf from Jabir ibn Abdullah al-Ansari that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If someone is given a life pension, for him and his posterity, it belongs […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 61

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 61 Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said that Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim ibn Muhammad heard Makhul ad-Dimashqi ask al-Qasim ibn Muhammad about the life pension and what people said about it. Al- Qasim ibn Muhammad said, “I have only come upon people who keep to the conditions they […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 62

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 62 Malik related to me from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar inherited the house of Hafsa bint Umar. He said, “Hafsa gave lodging to the daughter of Zayd ibn al-Khattab for as long as she lived. When the daughter of Zayd died, Abdullah ibn Umar took possession of the dwelling […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 63

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 63 Malik related to me from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman from Yazid, the mawla of al-Munbaith that Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani said, “A man came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and asked him about finds. He said, ‘Memorize the characteristics of […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 64

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 64 Malik related to me from Ayyub ibn Musa from Muawiya ibn Abdullah ibn Badr al-Juhani that his father informed him that he stopped with a people on the way to Syria and he found a purse which had eighty dinars in it. He mentioned that to Umar ibn al-Khattab. […]