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 5, Hadith 5

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 5 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When you come to jumua, do ghusl.” Malik said, “It is not enough for someone to do a ghusl on the day of jumua […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 6

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 6 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu’z Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Even saying to your companion ‘Listen’ while the imam is giving the khutba on the day of jumua, is to speak […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 7

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 7 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Thalaba ibn Abi Malik al Quradhi informed him that in the time of Umar ibn al Khattab they used to pray on the day of jumua until Umar came out, and when Umar came out and sat on the […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 8

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 8 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu’n Nadr, the mawla of Umar ibn Ubaydullah, from Malik ibn Abi Amir that Uthman ibn Affan used to say in khutbas, and he would seldom omit it if he was giving the khutba, “When the imam stands delivering the khutba on […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 9

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 9 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar saw two men talking while the imam was giving the khutba on the day of jumua and he threw pebbles at them to tell them to be quiet. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 10

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 10 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that a man sneezed on the day of jumua while the imam was giving the khutba, and a man by his side asked Allah to bless him. Said ibn al Musayyab was asked about it and he forbade the […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 11

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 11 Yahya related to me from Malik that he asked Ibn Shihab about talking in the jumua after the imam had come down from the mimbar but before he had said the takbir. Ibn Shihab said, “There is no harm in that.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ ابْنَ شِهَابٍ عَنِ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 12

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 12 Yahya related to me from Malik that Ibn Shihab used to say, “Some one who catches a raka of the jumua prayer should pray another one with it.” Ibn Shihab said, “That is the sunna.” Malik said, “I saw the people of knowledge in our city doing that. That […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 13

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 13 Malik said, “Someone who has a nosebleed on the day of jumua while the imam is giving the khutba and he leaves and does not come back until the imam has finished the prayer, should pray four rakas.” Malik said that someone who prayed a raka with the imam […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 14

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 14 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had asked Ibn Shihab about the word of Allah, the Majestic, the Mighty, “O you who accept, when the call is made for the prayer on the day of jumua, make haste to the remembrance of Allah.”(Sura 62 ayat 9). Ibn […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 15

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 15 Malik said, “If the imam stops off on a journey in a town where jumua is obligatory and he gives a khutba and takes the jumua prayer for them, then the people of the town and any other people present do the jumua prayer with him.” Malik said, “If […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 16

Muwatta Malik: Book 5, Hadith 16 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu’z Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, mentioned the day of jumua and said, “There is a time in it when Allah gives to a muslim slave standing in […]