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 13 of 41
Muwatta Malik 515SahihAl-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman said, “We visited Anas ibn Malik after dhuhr and he stood up and prayed asr. When he had finished his prayer, we mentioned doing prayers early in their time, or he mentioned it, and he said that he had heard the Messenger of Allah…Muwatta Malik 517SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade prayer after asr until the sun had set, and prayer after subh until the sun had risen.Muwatta Malik 518SahihUmar ibn al-Khattab used to say, “Do not intend to do your prayer at either sunrise or sunset, for the horns of Shaitan rise with the rising of the sun and set with its setting.” Umar used to beat people for that kind of prayer.Muwatta Malik 519SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from as-Saib ibn Yazid that he saw Umar ibn al-Khattab beating al-Munkadir for praying after asr.Muwatta Malik 520SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was washed in a long shirt.Muwatta Malik 521SahihUmm Atiyya al-Ansariyya said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to us when his daughter died and said, ‘Wash her three times, or five, or more than that if you think it necessary, with water and lotus leaves, and at the…Muwatta Malik 523SahihThe Arabic only, in this edition.Muwatta Malik 525SahihYahya ibn Said said that he had heard that when Abu Bakr as-Siddiq was ill he asked Aishah, “How many shrouds did the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, have?” and she replied, “Three pure white cotton garments.” Abu Bakr said, “Take…Muwatta Malik 526SahihAbdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As said, “A dead man is clothed in a shirt and a waist-wrapper and then wrapped in a third, and if he only has one garment he is shrouded in that.”Muwatta Malik 527SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and Abu Bakr and Umar as well as the khalifas up until this time and Abdullah ibn Umar, would walk in front of the bier.Muwatta Malik 528SahihRabia ibn Abdullah ibn alHadir told him that he had seen Umar ibn al-Khattab leading people in front of the bier at the funeral of Zaynab bint Jahsh.Muwatta Malik 529SahihHisham ibn Urwa said, “I only ever saw my father in front of a funeral procession.” He added, “Then he would come to al-Baqi and sit down until the procession passed him.”Muwatta Malik 531SahihAsma bint Abi Bakr said to her family, “Perfume my clothes with incense when I die and then embalm me. Do not put any of the embalming substance on my shroud, and do not follow me with a burning torch.”Muwatta Malik 532SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Said ibn Abi Said al-Maqburi that Abu Hurayrah forbade anyone to follow him with a burning torch after his death. Yahya said, “I heard Malik disapprove of that.”Muwatta Malik 533SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, announced the death of an Najashi to everyone on the day that he died, and went out with them to the place of prayer, and then formed them into rows and said “Allah is greater” four times.Muwatta Malik 534SahihAbu Umama ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf told him that once a poor woman fell ill and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was told of her illness, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to visit poor people…Muwatta Malik 536SahihHe had asked Abu Hurayrah, “How do you pray over the dead?” and Abu Hurayrah replied, “By the Life of Allah, I will tell you! I follow with the family and when the corpse is put down I say ‘Allah is greater’ and praise Allah and ask for blessings on His…Muwatta Malik 537SahihYahya ibn Said said that he heard Said ibn al-Musayyab say, “I once prayed behind Abu Hurayrah over a child who had never done a wrong action and I heard him say, ‘O Allah, give him protection from the torment of the grave.’”Muwatta Malik 539SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn Abi Harmala, the mawla of Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi Sufyan ibn Huwaytib, that Zaynab bint Abi Salamah died during the time that Tariq was amir of Madina and her bier was brought out after subh and put in al-Baqi.…Muwatta Malik 541SahihAishah, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ordered that the body of Sad ibn Abi Waqqas be brought past her in the mosque so that she could make dua for him. Some people disapproved of her doing that, and she said, “How hasty…Muwatta Malik 547SahihHis father said, “There were two men in Madina, one of whom dug graves with a niche in the side wall for the body, and the other who did not, and they said, ‘Whichever one comes first can do the job,’ and the one who dug graves with a niche came first and dug…Muwatta Malik 551SahihHis father said, “I would not want to be buried in al-Baqi. I would prefer to be buried elsewhere. The one who is buried in al-Baqi is one of two people. Either he is unjust (dhalim), and I would not like to be buried with him, or he is salih, and I would not…Muwatta Malik 552SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to stand up when a funeral procession passed by, and then sit down again afterwards.Muwatta Malik 554SahihHe had heard Abu Umama ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf say, “We used to attend funeral processions, and the last of the people would not sit until they had been given permission.”Muwatta Malik 555SahihAtik ibn al-Harith, the grandfather of Abdullah ibn Abdullah ibn Jabir on his mother’s side, told him that Jabir ibn Atik had told him that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to visit Abdullah ibn Thabit and found him in his…Muwatta Malik 556SahihAmra bint Abd ar-Rahman told him that she had heard Aishah, the umm al-muminin, say (when it was mentioned to her that Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, “The dead are tormented by the weeping of the living”), “May Allah forgive Abu Abd ar-Rahman. Of course he…Muwatta Malik 557SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “No muslim who has three children die will be touched by the Fire except to fulfil Allah’s oath.”Muwatta Malik 558SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If three of a muslim’s children die, and he remains content with that, they will be a protection for him from the Fire.” A woman who was with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him…Muwatta Malik 560SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Let the misfortune that befalls me be a comfort to the Muslims in their misfortunes.”Muwatta Malik 561SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman from Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If a misfortune befalls some one…