Malik's Muwatta Table of Contents Malik's Muwatta..............................................1 Introduction to Translation of Malik's Muwatta...............2 Book 1: The Times of Prayer..................................3 Book 2: Purity..............................................11 Book 3: Prayer..............................................41 Book 4: Forgetfulness in Prayer.............................62 Book 5: Jumu'a..............................................63 Book 6: Prayer in Ramadan...................................71 Book 7: Tahajjud............................................74 Book 8: Prayer in Congregation..............................82 Book 9: Shortening the Prayer...............................91 Book 10: The Two 'Ids......................................114 Book 11: The Fear Prayer...................................117 Book 12: The Eclipse Prayer................................119 Book 13: Asking for Rain...................................123 Book 14: The Qibla.........................................126 Book 15: The Qur'an........................................130 Malik's Muwatta Table of Contents Book 16: Burials...........................................145 Book 17: Zakat.............................................160 Book 18: Fasting...........................................190 Book 19: I'tikaf in Ramadan................................210 Book 20: Hajj..............................................217 Book 21: Jihad.............................................296 Book 22: Vows and Oaths....................................316 Book 23: Sacrificial Animals...............................323 Book 24: Slaughtering Animals..............................327 Book 25: Game..............................................330 Book 26: The 'Aqiqa........................................336 Book 27: Fara'id...........................................338 Book 28: Marriage..........................................355 Book 29: Divorce...........................................375 Book 30: Suckling..........................................413 Book 31: Business Transactions.............................419 Book 32: Qirad.............................................474 Malik's Muwatta Table of Contents Book 33: Sharecropping.....................................487 Book 34: Renting Land......................................493 Book 35: Pre−emption in Property...........................494 Book 36: Judgements........................................499 Book 37: Wills and Testaments..............................530 Book 38: Setting Free and Wala'............................540 Book 39: The Mukatab.......................................552 Book 40: Hudud.............................................572 Book 41: The Mudabbar......................................580 Book 42: Drinks............................................598 Book 43: Blood−Money.......................................602 Book 44: The Oath of Qasama................................623 Book 45: Madina............................................630 Book 46: The Decree........................................638 Book 47: Good Character....................................641 Book 48: Dress.............................................645 Book 49: The Description of the Prophet, may Allah Bless Him and Grant Him Peace...................................650 Malik's Muwatta Table of Contents Book 50: The Evil Eye......................................662 Book 51: Hair..............................................668 Book 52: Visions...........................................674 Book 53: Greetings.........................................676 Book 54: General Subjects..................................679 Book 55: The Oath of Allegiance............................691 Book 56: Speech............................................692 Book 57: Jahannam..........................................699 Book 58: Sadaqa............................................700 Book 59: Knowledge.........................................705 Book 60: The Supplication of the Unjustly Wronged..........706 Book 61: The Names of the Prophet, may Allah Bless Him and Grant Him Peace.......................................707 Malik's Muwatta Converted to PDF format by Bill McLean [email protected] http://www.mclean.faithweb.com Introduction to Translation of Malik's Muwatta Malik's Muwatta ("the well−trodden path") is a collection of two items: 1. The sayings and deeds of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) (also known as the sunnah). The reports of the Prophet's sayings and deeds are called ahadith. 2. The legal opinions and decisions of the Prophet's Companions, their successors, and some later authorities. Malik (full name Malik bin Anas bin Malik bin Abu Amir Al−Asbahi) was born in 93 A.H. and died in 179 A.H. He lived most of his life in Madinah, the city in which the Prophet (pbuh) settled in. He was a preeminent scholar of Islam, and is the originator of the Maliki judicial school of thought. He is reputed to have had over one thousand students. During Malik's lifetime, he steadily revised his Muwatta, so it reflects over forty years of his learning and knowledge. It contains a few thousand hadith. It is important to realize, however, that Malik's collection is not complete: there are other scholars who worked as Malik did and collected other reports. Book 1: The Times of Prayer SECTION 1: The Times of Prayer Book 1, Number 1.1.1: He said, "Yahya ibn Yahya al−Laythi related to me from Malik ibn Anas from Ibn Shihab that one day Umar ibn Abdal−Aziz delayed the prayer. Urwa ibn az−Zubayr came and told him that al−Mughira ibn Shuba had delayed the prayer one day while he was in Kufa and Abu Masud al−Ansari had come to him and said, 'What's this, Mughira? Don't you know that the angel Jibril came down and prayed and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed.' Then he prayed again, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed. Then he prayed again, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed. Then he prayed again, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed. Then he prayed again, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed. Then Jibril said, 'This is what you have been ordered to do.' Umar ibn Abd al−Aziz said, 'Be sure of what you relate, Urwa. Was it definitely Jibril who established the time of the prayer for the Messenger of Allah?' " Urwa said, "That's how it was related to Bashir ibn Abi Masud al−Ansari by his father." Book 1, Number 1.1.2: Urwa said that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace used to pray asr while the sunlight was pouring into her room, before the sun itself had become visible (i.e. because it was still high in the sky). Book 1, Number 1.1.3: Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that Ata ibn Yasar said, "A man came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and asked him about the time of the subh prayer. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did not answer him, but in the morning he prayed subh at first light. The following morning he prayed subh when it was much lighter, and then said, 'Where is the man who was asking about the time of the prayer?' The man replied, 'Here I am, Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'The time is between these two.' " Book 1, Number 1.1.4: Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Amra bint Abd ar−Rahman that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to pray subh and the women would leave wrapped in their garments and they could not yet be recognized in the darkness." Book 1, Number 1.1.5: Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar and from Busr ibn Said and from al−Araj−all of whom related it from Abu Hurayra − that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Whoever manages to do a raka of subh before the sun has risen has done subh in time, and whoever manages to do a raka of asr before the sun has set has done asr in time." Book 1, Number 1.1.6: Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from the mawla of Abdullah ibn Umar that Umar ibn al−Khattab wrote to his governors, saying, "The most important of your affairs in my view is the prayer. Whoever protects it and observes it carefully is protecting his deen, while whoever is negligent about it will be even more negligent about other things." Then he added, "Pray zhuhr any time from when the afternoon shade is the length of your forearm until the length of your shadow matches your height. Pray asr when the sun is still pure white, so that a rider can travel two or three farsakhs before the sun sets. Pray maghrib when the sun has set. Pray isha any time from when the redness in the western sky has disappeared until a third of the night has passed − and a person who sleeps, may he have no rest, a person who sleeps, may he have no rest. And pray subh when all the stars are visible and like a haze in the sky." Book 1, Number 1.1.7: Yahya related to me from Malik, from his uncle Abu Suhayl from his father that Umar ibn al−Khattab wrote to Abu Musa saying that he should pray zhuhr when the sun had started to decline, asr when the sun was still pure white before any yellowness had entered it maghrib when the sun had set, and to delay isha as long as he did not sleep, and to pray subh when