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 18, Hadith 23

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 23 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utba ibn Masud from Abdullah ibn Abbas that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, left for Makka in Ramadan during the year of the conquest, and fasted until he […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 24

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 24 Yahya related to me from Malik from Sumayy, the mawla of Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman, from Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman from one of the companions of the Messenger of Allah, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ordered everyone to break […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 25

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 25 Yahya related to me from Malik from Humayd at-Tawil that Anas ibn Malik said, “We once travelled with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in Ramadan, and those who were fasting did not find fault with those who were not, and those who […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 26

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 26 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that Hamza ibn Amr al-Aslami once said to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, “Messenger of Allah, I am a man who fasts. Can I fast when travelling?” The Messenger […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 27

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 27 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used not to fast while travelling. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، كَانَ لاَ يَصُومُ فِي السَّفَرِ ‏.‏ Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 27   The above hadith is from the Muwatta Malik […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 28

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 28 Yahya related to me from Malik that Hisham ibn Urwa said, “My father, Urwa, used to travel in Ramadan, and we would travel with him, and he used to fast while we would break the fast, and he would not tell us to fast.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 29

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 29 27 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab, if he was travelling in Ramadan and knew that he would reach Madina at the begining of the day ,would do so fasting. Yahya said that Malik said, “Someone who is travelling and knows […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 30

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 30 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Hunayd ibn Abd arRahman ibn Awf from Abu Hurayra that a man broke the fast in Ramadan and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ordered him to make kaffara by freeing a slave, […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 31

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 31 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ata ibn Abdullah al-Khurasani that Said ibn al-Musayyab said, “A bedouin came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, beating his breast and tearing out his hair and saying, ‘I am destroyed.’ The Messenger of Allah, […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 32

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 32 Malik said, “I have heard people of knowledge saying that the kaffara specified by the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, for a man who has intercourse with his wife during the day in Ramadan is not due from someone who, on a day […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 33

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 33 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to be cupped while he was fasting. Nafi said, “He later stopped doing that, and would not be cupped when he was fasting until he had broken the fast.” حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 34

Muwatta Malik: Book 18, Hadith 34 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Sad ibn Abi Waqqas and Abdullah ibn Umar used to be cupped while they were fasting. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ سَعْدَ بْنَ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، وَعَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، كَانَا يَحْتَجِمَانِ وَهُمَا صَائِمَانِ ‏.‏ Muwatta Malik: Book […]