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 143

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 143 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, saw a man driving forward a camel which he was going to sacrifice, and he told him to ride it. The man […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 144

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 144 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar that he used to see Abdullah ibn Umar sacrificing animals two at a time during hajj and one at a time during umra. He said, “I saw him sacrifice an animal during an umra outside the house of Khalid […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 145

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 145 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz once sacrificed a camel during a hajj or an umra. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، أَهْدَى جَمَلاً فِي حَجٍّ أَوْ عُمْرَةٍ ‏.‏ Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 146

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 146 Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Jafar al-Qari that Abdullah ibn Ayyash ibn Abi Rabia al-Makhzumi sacrificed two camels, one of them a Bactrian. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْقَارِئِ، ‏.‏ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَيَّاشِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ الْمَخْزُومِيَّ، أَهْدَى بَدَنَتَيْنِ إِحْدَاهُمَا بُخْتِيَّةٌ ‏.‏ Muwatta […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 147

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 147 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, “If a she-camel that is being driven as a sacrificial animal gives birth, the offspring should be carried along as well and they are sacrificed together with her, and if there is no place […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 148

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 148 ahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father said, “If necessary, ride on your sacrificial animal, without burdening it, and if necessary, drink its milk after its young one has drunk its fill, and when you sacrifice it, sacrifice the young one with it.” […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 149

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 149 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that when he brought an animal to be sacrificed from Madina he would garland it and brand it at Dhu’l-Hulayfa, doing the garlanding before the branding, but doing both in the same place, while facing the qibla. […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 150

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 150 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar said, when nicking the hump of his sacrificial animal to brand it, “In the name of Allah, and Allah is greater.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، كَانَ إِذَا طَعَنَ فِي سَنَامِ هَدْيِهِ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 151

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 151 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, “A sacrificial animal is what has been garlanded, branded, and stood with on Arafa.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، كَانَ يَقُولُ الْهَدْىُ مَا قُلِّدَ وَأُشْعِرَ وَوُقِفَ بِهِ بِعَرَفَةَ ‏.‏ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 152

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 152 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to drape his sacrificial animals in fine Egyptian linen, saddlecloths and sets of clothing, which he would afterwards send to the Kaba and have the Kaba draped with them. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 153

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 153 Yahya related to me from Malik that he asked Abdullah ibn Dinar what Abdullah ibn Umar used to do with the drapings of his animals when the Kaba began to be draped with the kiswa, and he said, “He gave them away as sadaqa.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 154

Muwatta Malik: Book 20, Hadith 154 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, about sacrificial animals, “Six-year-old camels, three- year-old cows and sheep, or older than these.” وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، كَانَ يَقُولُ فِي الضَّحَايَا وَالْبُدْنِ الثَّنِيُّ فَمَا فَوْقَهُ ‏.‏ Muwatta Malik: […]