Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 119 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that Umar ibn al-Khattab said to the corner of the Black Stone while he was doing tawaf of the House, “You are only a stone, and if I had not seen the Messenger of Allah, may […]
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 20, Hadith 120 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father would never do two sets of seven tawafs together without praying between them. After every seven tawafs he would pray two rakas, sometimes at the maqam of Ibrahim, and sometimes elsewhere. Malik was asked whether a […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 121 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Humayd ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf that Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abd al-Qari mentioned to him that he once did tawaf of the House with Umar ibn al-Khattab after subh and when Umar had finished his tawaf he looked and […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 122 Yahya related to me from Malik that Abu’z Zubayr al-Makki said, “I saw Abdullah ibn Abbas doing tawaf after asr. Then he went into his room and I do not know what he did.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ الْمَكِّيِّ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ رَأَيْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَطُوفُ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 123 Yahya related to me from Malik that Abu’z-Zubayr al-Makki said, “I saw the House deserted both after subh and asr, with no-one doing tawaf.” Malik said, “If someone does some of his circuits and then the subh or asr prayer is begun, he should pray with the imam and […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 124 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that Umar ibn al-Khattab said, “No-one should leave the hajj until he has done tawaf of the House, and tawaf of the House is the final rite.” Malik said, commenting about Umar ibn al-Khattab’s saying ‘tawaf of […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 125 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Umar ibn al-Khattab refused to let one man who had not taken leave of the House pass adh-Dhahran, (a valley eighteen miles from Makka) until he had taken leave of it. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 126 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father said, “Allah has completed the hajj of anyone who does the tawaf al-ifada. It is fitting that tawaf of the House be the last of his contract, as long as nothing prevents him, and if something […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 127 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu’l-Aswad Muhammad ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nawfal from Urwa ibn az-Zubayr from Zaynab bint Abi Salama that Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “I once complained to the Messenger of Allah, may […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 128 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu’z Zubayr al-Makki that Abu Maiz al-Aslami Abdullah ibn Sufyan told him that once, when he was sitting with Abdullah ibn Umar, a woman came to ask him for an opinion. She said, “I set out intending to do tawaf of the […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 129 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that if Sad ibn Abi Waqqas entered Makka late, he would go to Arafa before doing tawaf of the House and say between Safa and Marwa, and then do tawaf when he got back. Malik said, “The leeway is […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 130 Yahya related to me from Malik from Jafar ibn Muhammad ibn AIi from his father that Jabir ibn Abdullah said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say as he left the mosque, intending to go to Safa, ‘We begin with that […]