Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 16 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Sulayman ibn Yasar that Zayd ibn Thabit used to say, “When the eye remains but the sight is lost, one hundred dinars are payable for it.” Yahya said, “Malik was asked about cutting off the lower lid of […]
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 43, Hadith 17 Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said heard Sulayman ibn Yasar mention that a face wound in which the bone was bared was like a head wound in which the bone was bared, unless the face was scarred by the wound. Then the blood-money is increased […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 18 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said, that Said ibn al-Musayyab said, “For every piercing wound in any of the organs or limbs of the body, one third of the blood-money of that limb is payable.” وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 19 Malik related to me, “Ibn Shihab did not think and nor do I, that there is a generally agreed on way of doing things regarding a piercing wound in any of the organs or limbs of the body, but I think that there is ijtihad in the case. The […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 20 Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman that Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr allowed retaliation for a head wound which splintered the bone. وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَقَادَ مِنَ الْمُنَقَّلَةِ . Muwatta Malik: Book 43, […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 21 ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman said, “I asked Said ibn al Musayyab, ‘How much for the finger of a woman?’ He said, ‘Ten camels’ I said, ‘How much for two fingers?’ He said, ‘Twenty camels.’ I said, ‘How much for three?’ He said, ‘Thirty camels.’ I said, ‘How much for […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 22 Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Muslim ibn Jundub from Aslam, the mawla of Umar ibn al-Khattab that Umar ibn al-Khattab decided on a camel for a molar, a camel for a collar-bone, and a camel for a rib. وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 23 Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said heard Said ibn al-Musayyab say, ”Umar ibn al-Khattab decided on a camel for each molar, and Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan decided on five camels for each molar.” Said ibn al-Musayyab said, “The blood-money is less in the judgement of […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 24 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Said ibn al-Musayyab used to say,’ ‘When a tooth is struck and becomes black, there is complete blood- money for it. If it falls out after it becomes black, there is also the complete blood-money for it.” وَحَدَّثَنِي […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 25 Yahya related to me from Malik from Da’ud ibn al-Husayn that Abu Ghatafan ibn Tarif al-Murri informed him that Marwan ibn al-Hakam sent him to Abdullah ibn Abbas to ask him what there was for the molar. Abdullah ibn Abbas said, “There are five camels for it.” He said, […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 26 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father made all the teeth the same in the blood-money and did not prefer any kind over others. Malik said, “What is done in our community is that the front teeth, molars, and eye-teeth have the same […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 27 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Said ibn al-Musayyab and Sulayman ibn Yasar said, “The head wound of the slave in which the bone is bared is a twentieth of his price.” وَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْمُسَيَّبِ، وَسُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ […]