Muwatta Malik: Book 9, Hadith 66
Abu’n-Nadr said, “By that he meant Umar ibn Ubaydullah, and he was finding fault with him for sitting down before praying after he had come into the mosque.”
Yahya said that Malik said, “It is good to do that but not obligatory.”
Muwatta Malik: Book 9, Hadith 66
The above hadith is from the Muwatta Malik collection of hadiths. Compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas in the 8th century, the Muwatta Malik is one of the earliest surviving books of hadith. This foundational Islamic text was written over four decades and contains nearly 2,000 narrations systematically organized into 61 books.
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