Malik ibn Anas
أبو عبد الله مالك بن أنس بن مالك
Third generation, died 178 AH in Madinah. Named in the chains of 2,968 narrations of the library, 631 in Bukhari, 115 in Muslim, 275 in Abu Dawud.
2,968narrations name him
12collections
178 AHhe died, in Madinah
Narrations he is named in
Bukhari631Muslim115Abu Dawud275Tirmidhi122Nasa'i340Ibn Majah67Muwatta1,213Ahmad21Darimi120Al-Adab Al-Mufrad43Shama'il20Mishkat1
Muwatta Malik, page 1 of 41
Muwatta Malik 1SahihHe 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-Mughirah ibn Shubah had delayed the prayer one day while he was in Kufa and…Muwatta Malik 3SahihAta 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…Muwatta Malik 4SahihAishah, 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 recognised in the…Muwatta Malik 5SahihThe 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.”Muwatta Malik 6DaifUmar 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…Muwatta Malik 8DaifUmar ibn al-Khattab wrote to Abu Musa al-Ashari that he should pray asr when the sun was still pure white so that a man could ride three farsakhs (before maghrib) and that he should pray Isha during the first third of the night, or, if he delayed it, then up…Muwatta Malik 9SahihAbdullah ibn Rafi, the mawla of Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, asked Abu Hurayrah about the time of the prayer. Abu Hurayrah said, “Let me tell you. Pray dhuhr when the length of your shadow matches your height…Muwatta Malik 10SahihAnas ibn Malik said, “We would pray asr and anyone who then went to the Bani Amr ibn Awf would find them praying asr.”Muwatta Malik 11SahihAnas ibn Malik said, “We would pray asr and anyone who then went to Quba would arrive there while the sun was still high.”Muwatta Malik 12SahihAl Qasim ibn Muhammad said, “None of the companions that I met prayed dhuhr until well after noon,”(i.e.until when the sun had lost its fierceness).Muwatta Malik 14HasanUthman ibn Affan prayed jumua in Madina and asr in Malal (a place seventeen miles from Madina). Malik commented, “That was by praying jumua just past midday and then travelling fast.”Muwatta Malik 15SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said “Whoever catches a raka of the prayer has caught the prayer.”Muwatta Malik 20DaifDaud ibn al-Husayn said that someone had told him Abdullah Ibn Abbas used to say, “Duluk ash-shams begins from when the sun passes the meridian. Ghasaq al-layl is the gathering of the night and its darkness.”Muwatta Malik 22DaifOnce Umar ibn al-Khattab left after doing the asr prayer and met a man who had not been there. Umar asked him what had kept him from the prayer and eventhough the man gave a good reason, Umar said, “You have given yourself short measure.” Yahya added that…Muwatta Malik 25SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al- Musayyab that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, travelled by night on the way back from Khaybar. Towards the end of the night he stopped for a rest and told Bilal…Muwatta Malik 26HasanZayd ibn Aslam said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stopped for a rest one night on the way to Makka and appointed Bilal to wake them up for the prayer. Bilal slept and everyone else slept and none of them woke up until the…Muwatta Malik 27SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Scorching heat is a part of the blast of Jahannam. So, when the heat is fierce, delay the prayer until it gets cooler.” He added in explanation, “The Fire complained to its Lord and said…Muwatta Malik 28SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When the heat is fierce delay the prayer until it gets cooler, for scorching heat is a part of the blast of Jahannam.” He added, “The Fire complained to its Lord, so He allowed it two…Muwatta Malik 29SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When the heat is fierce, wait until it gets cooler before you do the prayer, for scorching heat is from the blast of Jahannam.”Muwatta Malik 30SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al- Musayyab that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Anyone who eats this plant should not come near our mosques. The smell of the garlic will offend us.”Muwatta Malik 31SahihHe used to see Salim ibn Abdullah pull the cloth away fiercely from the mouth of any man he saw covering his mouth while praying.Muwatta Malik 32SahihHis father once asked Abdullah ibn Zayd ibn Asim, who was the grandfather of Amr ibn Yahya al-Mazini and one of the companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, if he could show him how the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless…Muwatta Malik 33SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When you do wudu, snuff water into your nose and blow it out, and if you use stones to clean your private parts use an odd number.”Muwatta Malik 34SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The person doing wudu should snuff water up his nose and blow it out again.”Muwatta Malik 36HasanYahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Talhafrom Uthman ibn Abd ar-Rahman that his father related to him that he had heard that Umar ibn al-Khattab used to wash what was beneath his waist wrapper with water. Yahya said that Malik was asked…Muwatta Malik 37SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When you wake up from sleep to pray, wash your hands before you put them in the wudu water, for you do not know where your hands have spent the night.”Muwatta Malik 38DaifUmar ibn al-Khattab said, “If you fall asleep Iying down you must do wudu (before you pray).”Muwatta Malik 39SahihThe ayat “You who believe! When you rise for prayer wash your faces, and your arms to the elbows, and wipe over your heads and your feet up to the ankles,” refers to rising from bed, meaning sleep. Yahya said that Malik said, “The situation with us is that…Muwatta Malik 41SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Safwan ibn Sulaym from Said ibn Salamah of the Bani Azraq from al-Mughira ibn Abi Burda of the tribe of Bani Abd ad-Dar that he had heard Abu Hurayrah speak about a man who came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless…Muwatta Malik 42SahihHer maternal aunt Kabsha bint Kab ibn Malik, who was the wife of the son of Abu Qatadah al-Ansari, told her that once Abu Qatadah was visiting her and she poured out some water for him to do wudu with. Just then a cat came to drink from it, so he tilted the…