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 30 of 41
Muwatta Malik 1356Sahih“It is the generally agreed on way of doing things among us that the meat of camels, cattle, sheep and so on is not to be bartered one for one, except like for like, weight for weight, from hand to hand. There is no harm in that. If it is not weighed, then it…Muwatta Malik 1358SahihAl-Qasim ibn Muhammad said, “I heard Abdullah Ibn Abbas say, when a man asked him about a man making an advance on some garments and then wanting to sell them back before taking possession of them, ‘That is silver for silver,’ and he disapproved of it.” Malik…Muwatta Malik 1362SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Abu Hazim ibn Dinar from Said ibn al-Musayyab that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade the sale with uncertainty in it. Malik said, “An example of one type of uncertain transaction and…Muwatta Malik 1363SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade mulamasa and munabadha. Malik said, “Mulamasa is when a man can feel a garment but is not allowed to unfold it or examine what is in it, or he buys by night and does not know what is in…Muwatta Malik 1366Sahih“I sold drapery to the people of Dar Nakhla on credit. Then I wanted to go to Kufa, so they proposed that I reduce the price for them and they would pay me immediately. I asked Zayd ibn Thabit about that, and he said, ‘I order you not to accept increase or to…Muwatta Malik 1367HasanAbdullah ibn Umar was asked about a man who took a loan from another man for a set term. The creditor reduced the debt, and the man paid it immediately Abdullah ibn Umar disliked that, and forbade it.Muwatta Malik 1368SahihMalik related to me that Zayd ibn Aslam said, “Usury in the Jahiliyya was that a man would give a loan to a man for a set term. When the term was due, he would say, ‘Will you pay it off or increase me?’ If the man paid, he took it. If not, he increased him in…Muwatta Malik 1369SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Delay in payment by a rich man is injustice, but when one of you is referred for payment to a wealthy man, let him be referred.”Muwatta Malik 1370SahihHe heard a man ask Said ibn al-Musayyab, “I am a man who sells for a debt.” Said said, “Do not sell except for what you take to your camel.” Malik spoke about a person who bought goods from a man provided that he provide him with those goods by a specific…Muwatta Malik 1371SahihMalik said there was no harm if a man who sold some drapery and excluded some garments by their markings, stipulated that he chose the marked ones from that. If he did not stipulate that he would choose from them when he made the exclusion, I think that he is…Muwatta Malik 1372SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If anyone goes bankrupt, and a man finds his own property intact with him, he is more entitled to it than anyone else.” Malik spoke about a man who sold a man wares, and the buyer went…Muwatta Malik 1373SahihAbu Rafi, the mawla of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, borrowed a young camel and then the camels of sadaqa came to him.” Abu Rafi said, “He ordered me to…Muwatta Malik 1374SahihMujahid said, “Abdullah ibn Umar borrowed some dirhams from a man, then he discharged his debt with dirhams better than them. The man said, ‘Abu Abdar-Rahman. These are better than the dirhams which I lent you.’ Abdullah ibn Umar said, ‘I know that. But I am…Muwatta Malik 1380SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Do not go out to meet the caravans for trade, do not bid against each other, outbidding in order to raise the price, and a townsman must not buy on behalf of a man of the desert, and do…Muwatta Malik 1382SahihA man mentioned to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, that he was always being cheated in business transactions. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When you enter a transaction, say, ‘No…Muwatta Malik 1383SahihMalik related to me that Yahya ibn Said heard Said ibn al- Musayyab say, “When you come to a land where they give full measure and full weight, stay there. When you come to a land where they shorten the measure and weight, then do not stay there very long.”Muwatta Malik 1384SahihHe heard Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir say, “Allah loves his slave who is generous when he sells, and generous when he buys, generous when he repays, and generous when he is repaid.” Malik said about a man who bought camels or sheep or dry goods or slaves or any…Muwatta Malik 1386SahihHis father said, “Abdullah and Ubaydullah, the sons of Umar ibn al-Khattab went out with the army to Iraq. On the way home, they passed by Abu Musa al- Ashari who was the amir of Basra. He greeted them and made them welcome, and told them that if there was…Muwatta Malik 1387HasanUthman ibn Affan gave him some money as qirad to use provided the profit was shared between them.Muwatta Malik 1388Sahih“The recognised and permitted form of qirad is that a man take capital from an associate to use. He does not guarantee it and in travelling pays out of the capital for food and clothes and what he makes good use of, according to the amount of capital. That…Muwatta Malik 1390SahihThe Arabic only, in this edition.Muwatta Malik 1391SahihMalik related to me that Ibn Shihab said, “I asked Said ibn al- Musayyab about renting land for gold or silver, and he said, ‘There is no harm in it.’”Muwatta Malik 1394SahihHis father used to rent out his land for gold and silver. Malik was asked about a man who rented his field for 100 sa of dates or part of its produce of wheat or from other than its produce. He disapproved of that.Muwatta Malik 1395SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, decreed for partners the right of preemption in property which had not been divided up. When boundaries had been fixed between them, then there was no right of pre-emption.Muwatta Malik 1399SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father from Zaynab bint Abi Salamah 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, “I…Muwatta Malik 1400SahihFrom Said ibn al-Musayyab that Umar ibn al-Khattab had a dispute brought to him between a muslim and a jew. Umar saw that the right belonged to the jew and decided in his favour. The jew said to him, “By Allah! You have judged correctly.” So Umar ibn…Muwatta Malik 1401SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Shall I not tell you who is the best of witnesses? The one who brings his testimony before he is asked for it, or tells his testimony before he is asked for it.”Muwatta Malik 1402DaifMalik related to me that Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar-Rahman said, “An Iraqi man came before Umar ibn al-Khattab and said, ‘I have come to you because of a matter which has no beginning and no end.’ Umar said, ‘What is it?’ The man said, ‘False testimony has appeared…Muwatta Malik 1407SahihUmar ibn Abd al-Aziz wrote to Abd al-Hamid ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn al-Khattab who was the governor of Kufa, “Pronounce judgement on the basis of an oath with one witness.”Muwatta Malik 1411SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘If someone swears a false oath near this mimbar of mine, he will take his seat in the fire.’