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 65

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 65 Malik related to me from Nafi that a man found something and went to Abdullah ibn Umar and said to him, “I have found something. What do you think I should do about it?” Abdullah ibn Umar said to him, “Publicise it!” He said, “I have done so.” He […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 66

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 66 Yahya said that he heard Malik say, “What is done in our community about a slave who finds something and uses it before the term which is set for finds has been reached, and that is a year, is that it is against his person. Either his master gives […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 67

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 67 Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said from Sulayman ibn Yasar that Thabit ibn ad-Dahhak al-Ansari told him that he had found a camel at Harra, so he hobbled it and mentioned it to Umar ibn al-Khattab and Umar ordered him to make it known three times. Thabit […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 68

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 68 Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said from Said ibn al-Musayyab that Umar ibn al-Khattab said while he was leaning his back against the Kaba, “Whoever takes a stray is astray.” وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، قَالَ وَهُوَ مُسْنِدٌ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 69

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 69 Malik related to me that he heard Ibn Shihab say, “The stray camels in the time of Umar ibn al-Khattab were numerous and left alone. No one touched them until the time of Uthman ibn Affan. He ordered that they be publicised and then sold, and if the owner […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 70

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 70 Malik related to me from Said ibn Amr Shurahbil ibn Said ibn Sad ibn Ubada from his father that his father said, ”Sad ibn Ubada went out with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in one of his raids and his mother was […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 71

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 71 Malik related to me from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father from A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that a man said to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, “My mother died suddenly, and I […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 72

Muwatta Malik: Book 36, Hadith 72 Malik related to me that he heard that a man of the Ansar from the tribe of Banu al-Harith ibn al-Khazraj, gave sadaqa to his parents and then they died. Their son inherited the property he had given them and it was palm-trees. He asked the Messenger of Allah, […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 1

Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 1 Malik related to me from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “It is the duty of a muslim man who has something to be given as a bequest not to spend two nights without writing a […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 2

Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 2 Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Hazm that Amr ibn Sulaym az-Zuraqi informed his father that it had been said to Umar ibn al-Khattab, “There is here an adolescent boy who has not yet reached puberty. He is from the Ghassan tribe and his heir […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 3

Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 3 Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said from Abu Bakr ibn Hazm that a boy from Ghassan was dying in Madina while his heir was in Syria. That was mentioned to Umar ibn al-Khattab. It was said to him, “So-and-so is dying. Shall he make a bequest?” He […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 4

Muwatta Malik: Book 37, Hadith 4 Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Amir ibn Sad ibn Abi Waqqas that his father said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to me to treat me for a pain which became hard to bear in the year of the […]