Hadith 1.1 (Al-Muwatta)
The Times of Prayer
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 & told him that al-Mughira ibn Shuba had delayed the prayer one day while he was in Kufa & Abu Masud al-Ansari had come to him & said, ‘What’s this, Mughira? Don’t you know that the angel Jibril came down & prayed & the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, prayed.’ Then he prayed again, & the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, prayed. Then he prayed again, & the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, prayed. Then he prayed again, & the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, prayed. Then he prayed again, & the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & 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 The God?’ ” Urwa said, “That’s how it was related to Bashir ibn Abi Masud al-Ansari by his father.”
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Hadith 61.1 (Al-Muwatta)
The Names of the Prophet, may The God Bless Him & Grant Him Peace
Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Muhammad ibn Jubayr ibn Mutim that the Prophet, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “I have five names. I am Muhammad. I am Ahmad. I am al-Mahi (the effacer), by whom The God effaces kufr. I am al-Hashir (the gatherer), before whom people are gathered. I am al-Aqib (the last).”
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Hadith 60.1 (Al-Muwatta)
Supplication of the Unjustly Wronged
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from his father that Umar ibn al-Khattab gave a mawla of his called Hunayy charge over the hima. He said, “Hunayy! Do not harm the people. Fear the supplication of the wronged, for the supplication of the wronged is answered. Let the one with a small herd of camels & the one with a small herd of sheep enter, but be wary of the livestock of Ibn Awf & the livestock of Ibn Affan. If their livestock are destroyed, they will return to palm-trees & agriculture. If the livestock of the one with a small herd of camels & the one with a small herd of sheep are destroyed, he will bring his children to me crying, ‘Amir al-muminin! Amir al-Muminin!’ Shall I neglect them? Water & pasturage are of less value to me than gold & silver. By The God, they think that I have wronged them. This is their land & their water. They fought for it in the jahiliyya & became muslims on it in Islam. By He in whose hand my self is! Were it not for the mounts which I give to be ridden in the way of The God, I would not have turned a span of their land into hima.”
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Hadith 59.1 (Al-Muwatta)
Seeking Knowledge
Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that Luqman al-Hakim made his will & counselled his son, saying, “My son! Sit with the learned men & keep close to them. The God gives life to the hearts with the light of wisdom as The God gives life to the dead earth with the abundant rain of the sky.”
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Hadith 58.15 (Al-Muwatta)
What Is Disliked in Sadaqa
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam that his father said, “Abdullah ibn al-Arqam said, ‘Show me a riding-camel which the amir al-muminim can give me to use.’ I said, ‘Yes. One of the sadaqa camels.’ Abdullah ibn al-Arqam said, ‘Would you want a stout man on a hot day to wash for you what is under his lower garment & its folds, & then give it to you to drink?’ I was angry & said, ‘May The God forgive you! Why do you say such things to me?’ Abdullah ibn al-Arqam said, ‘Sadaqa is the impurities of people which they wash off themselves.’ “
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Hadith 58.14 (Al-Muwatta)
What Is Disliked in Sadaqa
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr from his father that the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, gave a man from the Banu Abd al-Ashal charge over some sadaqa. When he came to ask him for some camels from the sadaqa, the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, was so angry that the anger showed in his face. One way in which anger could be recognised in his face was that his eyes became red. Then he said, “This man has asked me for what is not good for me or him. If I refuse it, I hate to refuse. If I give it to him, I will give him what is not good for me or him.” The man said, “Messenger of The God! I will never ask you for any of it!”
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Hadith 58.13 (Al-Muwatta)
What Is Disliked in Sadaqa
Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “Sadaqa to the family of Muhammad is not halal. It is only people’s impurities.”
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Hadith 58.12 (Al-Muwatta)
Refraining from Asking
Yahya related that Malik heard al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman say, “Sadaqa does not decrease property, & The God only increases a slave in worth for his restraint, & no slave is humble but that The God raises him.”
Malik said, “I do not know whether this hadith goes back to the Prophet, may The God bless him & grant him peace, or not.”
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Hadith 58.11 (Al-Muwatta)
Refraining from Asking
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar that a man of the Banu Asad said, “My family & I dismounted to rest at Baqi. My family said to me, ‘Go to the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, & ask him for something that we can eat,’ & they began to mention their need. I went to the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, & found that a man was asking for something, & the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, was saying, ‘I do not have anything to give you.’ The man turned away from him in anger, saying, ‘By my life! You give to whomever you wish.’ The Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, ‘He is angry with me because I do not have anything to give him. Whoever asks of you while he has an uqiya or its like, has asked with importunity.’ “
The man continued, “I said to myself about a camel that we had, ‘It is better than an uqiya.’ (Malik explained that an uqiya was forty dirhams.) So I returned & did not ask him for anything, & the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, sent me barley & raisins after that. He gave us from his share until The God, the Mighty, the Majestic gave us relief.”
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Hadith 58.10 (Al-Muwatta)
Refraining from Asking
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu’z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “By Him in whose hand myself is! To take your rope & gather firewood on your back is better for you than that you come to a man to whom The God has given some of His favour & ask him, so he gives to you or refuses.”
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Hadith 58.9 (Al-Muwatta)
Refraining from Asking
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar that the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, sent a gift to Umar ibn al-Khattab, & Umar returned it. The Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “Why did you return it?” He said, “Messenger of The God, didn’t you tell us that it is better for us not to take anything from anyone?” The Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “That is by asking. Provision which The God gives you is different from asking.” Umar ibn al-Khattab said, “By the One in whose hand my self is, I will not ask anything from anyone, & anything that comes to me without my asking for it, I will accept.”
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Hadith 58.8 (Al-Muwatta)
Refraining from Asking
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said from the mimbar when mentioning sadaqa & refraining from asking, “The upper hand is better than the lower hand. The upper hand is the one which expends, & the lower one is the one which asks.”
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Hadith 58.7 (Al-Muwatta)
Refraining from Asking
Malik related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ata ibn Yazid al-Laythi from Abu Said al-Khudri that some people of the Ansar asked the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, & he gave to them. Then they asked him again, & he gave to them until he used up what he had. Then he said, “What wealth I have, I will not hoard from you. Whoever has forbearance, The God will help him. Whoever tries to be independent, The God will enrich him. Whoever tries to be patient, The God will give him patience, & no one is given a better or vaster gift than patience.”
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Hadith 58.6 (Al-Muwatta)
Stimulation of Desire for Sadaqa
Yahya related to me that Malik said, “I heard that a beggar asked for food from A’isha, umm al-muminin, while she had some grapes. She told some one to take him one grape. He began to look in amazement. A’isha said, ‘Are you amazed? How many atoms’ weights do you see in this grape?’ ” (referring to Sura 99 ayat 7).
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Hadith 58.5 (Al-Muwatta)
Stimulation of Desire for Sadaqa
Yahya related to me from Malik that he heard that a beggar asked A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, may The God bless him & grant him peace, for something while she was fasting & there was only a loaf of bread in her house. She said to her female mawla, “Give it to him.” The mawla protested, “You will not have anything to break your fast with.” A’isha repeated, “Give it to him,” so she did so. When evening came, the people of a house or a man who did not usually give to them, gave them a sheep & some food to go with it. A’isha, umm al-muminin, called her mawla & said, “Eat from this. This is better than your loaf of bread.”
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Hadith 58.4 (Al-Muwatta)
Stimulation of Desire for Sadaqa
Malik related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam from Amr ibn Muadh al-Ashali al-Ansari that his grandmother said, “The Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, ‘O trusting women! Let none of you despise giving to her neighbour even if it is only a roasted sheep’s trotter.’
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Hadith 58.3 (Al-Muwatta)
Stimulation of Desire for Sadaqa
Malik related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam that the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “Give to a beggar even if he comes on a horse.”
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Hadith 58.2 (Al-Muwatta)
Stimulation of Desire for Sadaqa
Malik related to me that Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Talha heard Anas ibn Malik say, “Abu Talha had the greatest amount of property in palm-trees among the Ansar in Madina. The dearest of his properties to him was Bayruha which was in front of the mosque. The Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, used to go into it & drink from the pleasant water which was in it.”
Anas continued, “When this ayat was sent down ‘You will not obtain rightness of action until you expend of what you love,’ (Sura 2 ayat l76), Abu Talha went to the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, & said, ‘Messenger of The God! The God, the Blessed, the Exalted, has said, “You will not obtain until you expend of what you love.” The property which I love the best is Bayruha. It is sadaqa for The God. I hope for its good & for it to be stored up with The God. Place it wherever you wish, Messengerof The God. ‘ “
“The Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, ‘Well done! That is property which profits! That is property which profits. I have heard what you have said about it & I think that you should give it to your relatives.’ Abu Talha said, ‘I will do it, Messenger of The God!’ Abu Talha therefore divided it among his relatives & the children of his paternal uncle.”
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Hadith 58.1 (Al-Muwatta)
Stimulation of Desire for Sadaqa
Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said from Abu’l-Hubab Said ibn Yasar that the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “Whoever gives sadaqa from good earning – & The God only accepts the good – it is as if he placed it in the palm of the Merciful to raise it, as one of you raises his foal or young camel until it is like the mountain “
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Hadith 57.2 (Al-Muwatta)
Description of Jahannam
Malik related to me from his paternal uncle Abu Suhayl ibn Malik from his father that Abu Hurayra said, “Do you think that it is red like this fire of yours? It is blacker than tar.”
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Hadith 57.1 (Al-Muwatta)
Description of Jahannam
Malik related to me from Abu’z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “The fire of the children of Adam which they kindle is a seventieth part of the fire of Jahannam.” They said, “Messenger of The God, this fire is certainly enough.” He said, “That fire is sixty-nine times greater.”
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Hadith 56.28 (Al-Muwatta)
The Legacy of the Prophet, may The God Bless Him & Grant Him Peace
Malik related to me from Abu’z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “My inheritance is not divided up by the dinar. What I leave apart from the maintenance of my wives & provision for my servant is sadaqa.”
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Hadith 56.27 (Al-Muwatta)
The Legacy of the Prophet, may The God Bless Him & Grant Him Peace
Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibn az-Zubayr from A’isha, umm al-muminin that when the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, died, the wives of the Prophet, may The God bless him & grant him peace, wanted to send Uthman ibn Affan to Abu Bakr as-Siddiq to ask him about their inheritance from the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace A’isha said to them, “Didn’t the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, say, ‘No one inherits from us. What we leave is sadaqa.’ “
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Hadith 56.26 (Al-Muwatta)
What to Say when it Thunders
Malik related to me that Amir ibn Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr would stop speaking when he heard thunder & say, “Glory be to The God whom the thunder glorifies with His praise & the angels from the fear of Him.” (Subhana-aladhee yusabihu ar-radu bi hamdihi wa mala’ikatu min khiyfatihi.) Then he would say, “This is a severe warning to the people of the earth.”
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Hadith 56.25 (Al-Muwatta)
About People with Taqwa
Malik said, “I heard that al-Qasim ibn Muhammad used to say, ‘I have seen the people, (i.e. the companions), & they were not impressed by speech.’ ” Malik said, “He meant that only action & deeds would be looked at, not words.”
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Hadith 56.24 (Al-Muwatta)
About People with Taqwa
Malik related to me from Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Talha that Anas ibn Malik said, “I heard Umar ibn al-Khattab, when I was going out with him to visit an orchard, say to himself, & there was a wall between him & me & he was inside the garden, ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab, amir al-muminin! Well done! Well done! By The God, fear The God or he will punish you.’ “
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Hadith 56.23 (Al-Muwatta)
Punishing the Many for the Actions of the Few
Malik related to me that Ismail ibn Abi Hakim heard Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz say, “Some say that The God the Blessed, the Exalted, will not punish the many for the wrong action of the few. However, when the objectionable action is committed openly, then they all deserve to be punished.”
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Hadith 56.22 (Al-Muwatta)
Punishing the Many for the Actions of the Few
Malik related to me that he had heard that Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “Messenger of The God! Shall we be destroyed while there are people who are salih among us?” The Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “Yes, if there is much wickedness.”
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Hadith 56.21 (Al-Muwatta)
Squandering Property & Being Two-faced
Malik related to me from Abu’z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “One of the most evil of people is the two-faced person who shows one face to these people & another face to those people.”
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Hadith 56.20 (Al-Muwatta)
Squandering Property & Being Two-faced
Malik related to me from Suhayl ibn Abi Salih from his father from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “The God is pleased with three things from you, & He is angry with three things from you. He is pleased that you worship Him & do not associate anything with Him, & that you take hold of the rope of The God altogether, & that you give good counsel to the one to whom The God gives command over you. He is angry with you for gossip, squandering property, & asking too many questions.”
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Hadith 56.19 (Al-Muwatta)
Truthfulness & Lying
Malik related to me that Safwan ibn Sulaym said, “The Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, was asked, ‘Can the mumin be a coward?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ He was asked, ‘Can the mumin be a miser?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ He was asked, ‘Can the mumin be a liar?’ He said, ‘No.’ “
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Hadith 56.18 (Al-Muwatta)
Truthfulness & Lying
Malik related to me that he heard that Abdullah ibn Masud used to say, “The slave continues to lie & a black spot grows in his heart until all his heart becomes black. Then he is written, in The God’s sight, among the liars.”
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Hadith 56.17 (Al-Muwatta)
Truthfulness & Lying
Malik related to me that he heard that someone said to Luqman, “What has brought you to what we see?” meaning his high rank. Luqman said, “Truthful speech, fulfilling the trust, & leaving what does not concern me.”
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Hadith 56.16 (Al-Muwatta)
Truthfulness & Lying
Malik related to me that he heard that Abdullah ibn Masud used to say, “You must tell the truth. Truthfulness leads to right action. Right action leads to the Garden. Beware of lying. Lying leads to corruption, & corruption leads to the Fire. Don’t you see that it is said, ‘He speaks the truth & acts rightly,’ &, ‘He lies & is corrupt.’ “
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Hadith 56.15 (Al-Muwatta)
Truthfulness & Lying
Malik related to me from Safwan ibn Sulaym that a man asked the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, “Can I lie to my wife, Messenger of The God?” The Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “There is no good in lying.” The man said, “Messenger of The God! Shall I make her a promise & tell her?” The Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “It will not be held against you.”
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Hadith 56.14 (Al-Muwatta)
Two People Conversing to the Exclusion of Another
Malik related to me from Nafi from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “Two must not converse secretly to the exclusion of another person.”
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Hadith 56.13 (Al-Muwatta)
Two People Conversing to the Exclusion of Another
Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Dinar saying, “Abdullah ibn Umar & I were at the house of Khalid ibn Uqba who was away at the market. A man came who wanted to speak to Abdullah ibn Umar & I was the only other person present Abdullah ibn Umar called another man so that we were four & said to me & the man whom he had called, ‘Go a little way off together, because I heard the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, say, “Two do not converse secretly to the exclusion of another.’ “‘
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Hadith 56.12 (Al-Muwatta)
What is Feared from the Tongue
Malik related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam from his father that Umar ibn al-Khattab came upon Abu Bakr as-Siddiq pulling his tongue. Umar said to him, “Stop, may The God forgive you!” Abu Bakr replied, “This has brought me to dangerous places.”
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Hadith 56.11 (Al-Muwatta)
What is Feared from the Tongue
Malik related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar that the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “Whomever The God protects from the evil of two things will enter the Garden.” A man said, “Messenger of The God, do not tell us!” The Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, was silent. Then the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, repeated what he had said the first time. The man said to him, “Do not tell us, Messenger of The God!” The Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, was silent. Then the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said the same thing again. The man said, “Do not tell us, Messenger of The God!” Then the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said the same thing again. Then the man began to say what he had said previously & a man at his side silenced him. The Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “Whomever The God protects from the evil of two things will enter the Garden. They are what is between his jaws & what is between his legs, what is between his jaws & what is between his legs, what is between his jaws & what is between his legs.”
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Hadith 56.10 (Al-Muwatta)
Backbiting
Malik related to me from al-Walid ibn Abdullah ibn Sayyad that al-Muttalib ibn Abdullah ibn Hantab al-Makhzumi informed him that a man asked the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, “What is backbiting?” The Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “It is to mention about a man what he does not want to hear.” He said, “Messenger of The God! Even if it is true?” The Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “If you utter something false, then it is slander.”
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Hadith 56.9 (Al-Muwatta)
Disliked Speech & Speech Without the Mention of The God
Malik related to me that he heard that A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, may The God bless him & grant him peace, sent a message to one of her family after the evening prayer, saying, “Will you not allow the recording angel to rest?”
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Hadith 56.8 (Al-Muwatta)
Disliked Speech & Speech Without the Mention of The God
Malik related to me that he heard that Isa ibn Maryam used to say, “Do not speak much without the mention of The God for you will harden your hearts. A hard heart is far from The God, but you do not know. Do not look at the wrong actions of people as if you were lords. Look at your wrong actions as if you were slaves. Some people are afflicted by wrong action & some people are protected from it. Be merciful to the people of affliction & praise The God for His protection.”
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Hadith 56.7 (Al-Muwatta)
Disliked Speech & Speech Without the Mention of The God
Malik related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam that Abdullah ibn Umar said, “Two men from the east stood up & spoke, & people were amazed at their eloquence. The Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, ‘Some eloquence is sorcery,’ or he said, ‘Part of eloquence is sorcery.’ “
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Hadith 56.6 (Al-Muwatta)
The Order to be Mindful in Speech
Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Dinar that Abu Salih as-Samman informed him that Abu Hurayra said, “Truly a man utters words to which he attaches no importance, & by them he falls into the fire of Jahannam, & truly a man utters words to which he attaches no importance, & by them The God raises him into the Garden.”
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Hadith 56.5 (Al-Muwatta)
The Order to be Mindful in Speech
Malik related to me from Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Alqama from his father from Bilal ibn al-Harith al-Muzani that the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “A man speaks what is pleasing to The God & he does not suspect that it will have the result that it does, & The God will write for him His good pleasure for it until the day when he meets Him. And a man speaks what excites the wrath of The God & he does not suspect that it will have the result that it does, & The God will write His wrath for him for it until the day when he meets Him.”
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Hadith 56.4 (Al-Muwatta)
Disliked Speech
Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said that Isa ibn Maryam encountered a pig on the road. He said to it, “Go in peace.” Somebody asked, “Do you say this to a pig?” Isa said, “I fear lest I accustom my tongue to evil speech.”
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Hadith 56.3 (Al-Muwatta)
Disliked Speech
Malik related to me from Abu’z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “Let none of you complain about time, for The God is time.’
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Hadith 56.2 (Al-Muwatta)
Disliked Speech
Malik related to me from Suhayl ibn Abu Salih from his father from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of The God, may The God bless him & grant him peace, said, “When you hear a man say, ‘The people are ruined,’ he himself is the most ruined of them all.”
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