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 25, Hadith 14

Muwatta Malik: Book 25, Hadith 14 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ismail ibn Abi Hakim from Abiyda ibn Sufyan al-Hadrami from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Eating animals with fangs is haram. ” Malik said, “This is the custom among us.” وَحَدَّثَنِي […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 25, Hadith 15

Muwatta Malik: Book 25, Hadith 15 Yahya related to me from Malik that the best of what he had heard about horses, mules, and donkeys was that they were not eaten because Allah, the Blessed, the Exalted,said, “And horses, and mules and asses, for you to ride, and as an adornment. ” (Sura 16 ayat […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 25, Hadith 16

Muwatta Malik: Book 25, Hadith 16 Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utba ibn Masud that Abdullah ibn Abbas said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, passed by a dead sheep which had been given to a mawla of his wife, […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 25, Hadith 17

Muwatta Malik: Book 25, Hadith 17 Malik related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ibn Wala al-Misri from Abdullah ibn Abbas that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “A skin when it is tanned is pure.” وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنِ ابْنِ وَعْلَةَ الْمِصْرِيِّ، عَنْ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 25, Hadith 18

Muwatta Malik: Book 25, Hadith 18 Yahya related to me from Malik from Yazid ibn Abdullah ibn Qusayt from Muhammad ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Thawban from his mother that A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 25, Hadith 19

Muwatta Malik: Book 25, Hadith 19 Yahya related to me from Malik that the best of what he had heard about a man who is forced by necessity to eat carrion is that he ate it until he was full and then he took provision from it. If he found something which would enable him […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 1

Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 1 Yahya related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam from a man of the Banu Damra that his father said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked about the Aqiqa. He said, ‘I do not like disobedience (uquq),’ as if he disliked the […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 2

Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 2 Yahya related to me from Malik from Jafar ibn Muhammad that his father said, “Fatima, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, weighed the hair of Hasan, Husayn, Zaynab and Umm Kulthum, and gave away in sadaqa an equivalent weight of […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 3

Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 3 Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman that Muhammad ibn Ali ibn al-Husayn said, “Fatima, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, weighed the hair of Hasan and Husayn, and gave away in sadaqa the equivalent […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 4

Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 4 Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that if any of Abdullah ibn Umar’s family asked him for an aqiqa, he would give it to them. He gave a sheep as aqiqa for both his male and female children. حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 5

Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 5 Yahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman that Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Harith at-Taymi said, “I heard my father say that the aqiqa was desirable, even if it was only a sparrow.” وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 6

Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 6 Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that there had been an aqiqa for Hasan and Husayn, the sons of Ali ibn Abi Talib. وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّهُ عُقَّ عَنْ حَسَنٍ، وَحُسَيْنٍ، ابْنَىْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ‏.‏ Muwatta Malik: Book 26, Hadith 6   […]