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
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178 AHhe died, in Madinah
Narrations he is named in
Bukhari631Muslim115Abu Dawud275Tirmidhi122Nasa'i340Ibn Majah67Muwatta1,213Ahmad21Darimi120Al-Adab Al-Mufrad43Shama'il20Mishkat1
Muwatta Malik, page 9 of 41
Muwatta Malik 343SahihAbdullah ibn Umar used to say, “I pray the prayerof a traveller as long as I am undecided whether to remain somewhere or not, even if I am detained for twelve nights.”Muwatta Malik 346SahihUmar ibn al-Khattab, when he went to Makka, used to lead them in prayer and do two rakas and then say, “People of Makka, complete the prayer, we are a group travelling.”Muwatta Malik 347SahihYahya related the same as that to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from his father from Umar ibn al-Khattab.Muwatta Malik 349SahihSafwan said, “Abdullah ibn Umar used to come and visit Abdullah ibn Safwan and he would pray two rakas with us, and when he went away we would stand and complete the prayer.”Muwatta Malik 353SahihIbn Yasar that Abdullah ibn Umar said, “I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, praying on a donkey while heading towards Khaybar.”Muwatta Malik 354SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to pray on his mount while travelling, whichever way it was facing. Abdullah ibn Dinar said, “Abdullah ibn Umar would also do that.”Muwatta Malik 356SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Musa ibn Maysara from Abu Murra, the mawla of Aqil ibn Abi Talib, that Umm Hani bint Abi Talib told him that in the year of the conquest the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed eight rakas…Muwatta Malik 357SahihAbu Murra, the mawla of Aqil ibn Abi Talib, told him that he had heard Umm Hani bint Abi Talib say, “I went to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in the year of the conquest and found him doing ghusl while his daughter Fatima…Muwatta Malik 358SahihAishah, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “I never once saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, doing the voluntary prayer of duha, but I myself do it. Sometimes the Messenger of Allah, may…Muwatta Malik 359DaifShe used to pray duha with eight rakas, and she would say, “I would never stop doing them even if my parents were to be brought back to life.”Muwatta Malik 360SahihHis grandmother, Mulayka, invited the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, for food and he ate some of it. Then the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Get up and I will lead you in prayer.” Anas said…Muwatta Malik 361SahihUbaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utba said, “I visited Umar ibn al-Khattab just before noon and found him praying a voluntary prayer. So I stood behind him, but he pulled me nearer and put me next to him, on his right hand side, and then Yarfa came and I moved…Muwatta Malik 362SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Do not let anyone pass in front of you when you are praying. Repel him as much as you can, and, if he refuses, fight him, for he is only a shaitan.”Muwatta Malik 363SahihZayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani sent him to Abu Juhaym to ask him what he had heard from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, about passing in front of someone praying. Abu Juhaym said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and…Muwatta Malik 364SahihKab al-Ahbar said, “If the person who passed in front of a man praying knew what he was bringing on himself, it would be better for him to sink into the ground than to pass in front of him.”Muwatta Malik 367SahihAbdullah Ibn Abbas said, “I approached, riding on a donkey, while the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was leading the people in prayer at Mina, and I was, at that time, nearing puberty. I passed in front of part of the row…Muwatta Malik 370SahihAbdullah ibn Umar used to say, “Things that pass in front of a man praying do not break his prayer.”Muwatta Malik 372SahihHis father used to pray in the desert without a sutra.Muwatta Malik 373SahihAbu Jafar al-Qari said, “I saw Abdullah ibn Umar quickly brush away the small stones from the place where he was going to put his forehead as he was going down into sajda.”Muwatta Malik 374DaifHe had heard that Abu Dharr used to say, “Brush away the small stones with one sweep, but if you leave them it is better than a red camel.”Muwatta Malik 375SahihUmar ibn al-Khattab used to order the rows to be straightened, and when they had come to him and told him that the rows were straight he would say the takbir.Muwatta Malik 377SahihAbd al-Karim ibn Abil-Mukhariq al-Basri said, “Among things the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said and did are: ‘As long as you do not feel ashamed, do whatever you wish’, the placing of one hand on the other in prayer (one places the…Muwatta Malik 378SahihSahl ibn Sad said, “People used to be ordered to place their right hands on their left forearms in the prayer.” Abu Hazim added, “I know for sure that Sahl traces that back to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.”Muwatta Malik 380SahihAbdullah ibn al-Arqam used to lead his companions in prayer. The time for prayer came one day and he went to relieve himself. When he returned, he said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, ‘If you wish to defecate…Muwatta Malik 381DaifUmar ibn al-Khattab said, “You should not pray while you are holding your bowels.”Muwatta Malik 382SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The angels ask for blessings on each one of you as long as he is in the place where he has prayed and has not discharged anything. They say, ‘Allah, forgive him. Allah have mercy on him.’”Muwatta Malik 383Sahih“I do not consider that his words, ‘has not discharged anything’ refer to anything other than the discharges that break wudu.” Yahya related to me from Malik from Abuz Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and…Muwatta Malik 384SahihAbu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman used to say, “Someone who goes to the mosque in the morning or the afternoon with no intention of going anywhere else, either to learn good or teach it, is like someone who does jihad in the way of Allah and returns with booty.”Muwatta Malik 385SahihHe heard Abu Hurayrah say, “If any one of you prays and then sits down in the spot where he has prayed, the angels ask blessings on him saying, ‘Allah, forgive him. Allah, have mercy on him.’ And if he moves from the spot where he has prayed and sits…Muwatta Malik 386SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Shall I tell you the things by which Allah erases wrong actions and by which he raises ranks: the complete and correct performance of wudu in adverse conditions, a great number of steps…