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 28

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 28 Malik related to me that he had heard that Marwan ibn al-Hakam gave a decision about a slave who was injured that the person who injured him had to pay what he had diminished of the value of the slave. Malik said, “What is done in our community is […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 29

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 29 Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz gave a decision that when a jew or christian was killed, his blood-money was half the blood-money of a free muslim. Malik said, “What is done in our community, is that a muslim is not […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 30

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 30 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Sulayman ibn Yasar said, “The blood-money of a magian is eight hundred dirhams.” Malik said, “This is what is done in our community.” Malik said, “The blood-monies of the jew, christian, and magian in their injuries, is according […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 31

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 31 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father said, “The tribe is not obliged to pay blood-money for intentional murder. They pay blood-money for accidental killing.” حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ لَيْسَ عَلَى الْعَاقِلَةِ عَقْلٌ فِي […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 32

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 32 Yahya related to me from Malik that Ibn Shihab said, “The precedent of the sunna is that the tribe are not liable for any blood- money of an intentional killing unless they wish that.” Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said the same as that. وَحَدَّثَنِي […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 33

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 33 Malik said that Ibn Shihab said, “The precedent of the sunna in the intentional murder is that when the relatives of the murdered person relinquish retaliation, the blood-money is owed by the murderer from his own property unless the tribe helps him with it willingly.” Malik said, “What is […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 34

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 34 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Umar ibn al- Khattab demanded of the people at Mina, “If anyone has knowledge of blood-money, let him inform me.” Ad-Dahhak ibn Sufyan al-Kilabi stood up and said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 35

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 35 Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said from Amr ibn Shuayb that a man of the Banu Mudlij called Qatada threw a sword at his son and it struck his thigh. The wound bled profusely and he died. Suraqa ibn Jusham came to Umar ibn al-Khattab and mentioned […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 36

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 36 Malik said that he had heard that Said ibn al-Musayyab and Sulayman ibn Yasar were asked, “Does one deal more harshly in taking the blood-money in the sacred month?” They said, “No. But it is increased in it because of violating the month.” It was said to Said, “Does […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 37

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 37 11 Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said from Urwa ibn az- Zubayr that a man of the Ansar called Uhayha ibn al-Julah had a young paternal uncle who was younger than him and who was living with his maternal uncles. Uhayha took him and killed him. His […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 38

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 38 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al- Musayyab and Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The wound of an animal is of no account and no compensation […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 39

Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 39 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Said ibn al-Musayyab that Umar ibn al-Khattab killed five or seven people for one man whom they had killed secretly by trickery. Umar said, “Had all the people of Sana joined forces against him, I would have killed […]