Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 8 Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said heard al-Qasim ibn Muhammad say, “A woman came to Abdullah ibn Abbas and said, ‘I have vowed to sacrifice my son.’ Ibn Abbas said, ‘Do not sacrifice your son. Do kaffara for your oath.’ An old man with Ibn […]
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 22, Hadith 9 Yahya related to me from Malik from Talha ibn Abi al-Malik al- Ayli from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn as-Siddiq from A’isha that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Whoever vows to obey Allah, let him obey Him. Whoever vows to disobey Allah, […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 10 Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that A’isha, umm al-muminin said, “Rashness in oaths is that a man says, ‘By Allah, No! by Allah!’ ” i.e. out of habit. Malik said, “The best of what I have heard on the matter is […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 11 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar said, “Whoever swears by Allah and then says, ‘Allah willing’ and then does not do what he has sworn to, has not broken his oath.” Malik said, “The best I have heard on this reservation is that […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 12 Yahya related to me from Malik from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih from his father from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Whoever makes an oath and then sees that something else would be better than it, should do kaffara […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 13 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar said, “If someone breaks an oath which he has stressed, he has to free a slave, or clothe ten poor people. If someone breaks an oath, but has not stressed it, he only has to feed ten […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 14 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to do kaffara for a broken oath by feeding ten poor people. Each person got a mudd of wheat. He sometimes freed a slave if he had repeated the oath. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 15 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Sulayman ibn Yasar said, “I understood from people that when they made the kaffara for a broken oath, they gave a mudd of wheat according to the smaller mudd. They thought that that would compensate for them.” Malik […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 16 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that one time the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was speaking to Umar ibn al-Khattab while he was travelling with a troop and Umar swore by his father and he (the […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 17 Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used tosay, “No, by the Overturner of hearts.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَقُولُ “ لاَ وَمُقَلِّبِ […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 18 Yahya related to me from Malik from Uthman ibn Hafs ibn Umar ibn Khalda that Ibn Shihab had heard that Abu Lubaba ibn Abd al-Mundhir, when Allah turned to him said, “Messenger of Allah, should I leave my people’s house in which I committed wrong action and keep your […]
Muwatta Malik: Book 22, Hadith 19 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ayyub ibn Musa from Mansur ibn Abd ar-Rahman al-Hajabi from his mother that A’isha, umm al- muminin, may Allah be pleased with her, was asked about a man who devoted his property to the door of Kaba. She said, “Let him do […]