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 5 of 41
Muwatta Malik 172SahihAbu Abdullah as-Sunabihi said, “I arrived in Madina in the khalifate of Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, and I prayed maghrib behind him. He recited the umm al Qur’an and two suras from the shorter ones of the mufassal in the first two rakas. Then he stood up in the third…Muwatta Malik 174SahihAl-Barra ibn Azib said, “I prayed isha with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he recited at-Tin (Sura 95) in it.”Muwatta Malik 175SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Ibrahim ibn Abdullah ibn Hunayn from hisfatherfromAliibnAbiTalibthattheMessengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade wearing the qassi (an Egyptian garment, stripedwithsilk), wearing gold…Muwatta Malik 176SahihFrom Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al Harith at-Taymi from Abu Hazim at-Tammar from al Bayadi that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came out to the people while they were praying and their voices were raised in the recitation. He…Muwatta Malik 177SahihAnas ibn Malik said, “I stood behind Abu Bakr and Umar and Uthman and none of them used to recite ‘In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate’ when they began the prayer.”Muwatta Malik 180SahihYazid ibn Ruman said, “I used to pray next to Nafi ibn Jubayr ibn Mutim and he would nudge me to prompt him while we were praying.”Muwatta Malik 181SahihAbu Bakr as-Siddiq prayed subh and recited suratal-Baqara in the two rakas.Muwatta Malik 182SahihHis father heard Abdullah ibn Amir ibn Rabia say, “We prayed subh behind Umar ibn al-Khattab and he recited suraYusuf (Sura 12) and surat al- Hajj (Sura 22) slowly.” I (Hisham’s father) said, “By Allah, then it must have been his habit to get up at the crack…Muwatta Malik 183HasanAnd Rabia ibn Abi Abd arRahman from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad that al Furafisa ibn Umayral-Hanafi said, “I only learnt Sura Yusuf (Sura 12) from the recitation of it by Uthman ibn Affan in the subh prayer because of the great number of times he repeated it to us.”Muwatta Malik 185SahihYahya related to me from Malik from al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Yaqub that Abu Said, the mawla of Amir ibn Kuraz told him that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, called toUbayy ibn Kab while he was praying. When Ubayy had…Muwatta Malik 186SahihHe heard Jabir ibn Abdullah say, “Someone who prays a raka without reciting the umm al-Qur’an in it has not done the prayer except behind an imam.”Muwatta Malik 187SahihYahya related to me from Malik from al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Yaqub that he heard Abu’s-Saib, the mawla of Hisham ibn Zuhra, say he had heard Abu Hurayrah say, “I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, ‘Whoever prays a…Muwatta Malik 188SahihHis father used to recite behind the imam when the imam did not recite aloud.Muwatta Malik 189SahihAl-Qasim ibn Muhammad used to recite behind the imam when the imam did not recite aloud.Muwatta Malik 190SahihNafi ibn Jubayr ibn Mutim used to recite behind the imam when hedid not recite aloud. Malik said, “That is the most preferable to me of what I have heard about the matter.”Muwatta Malik 192SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, finished a prayer in which he had recited aloud and asked, “Did any of you recite with me just now?” One man said, “Yes, I did, Messenger of Allah.” The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him…Muwatta Malik 193SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When the imam says ‘Amin’, say ‘Amin’, for the one whose ‘Amin’ coincides with the ‘Amin’ of the angels – his previous wrong actions are forgiven him.” Ibn Shihab said, “The Messenger of…Muwatta Malik 194SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When the imam has said, ‘not of those with whom You are angry nor of those who are in error,’ say ‘Amin’, for the previous wrong actions of the one whose utterance coincides with that of…Muwatta Malik 195SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When one of you says ‘Amin’ and the angels in the sky say ‘Amin’ so that one coincides with the other, his previous wrong actions are forgiven him.”Muwatta Malik 196SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When the imam says, ‘Allah hears whoever praises Him,’ say ‘O Allah! Our Lord, praise be toYou, ‘for the previous wrong actions done by the one whose utterance coincides with that of the…Muwatta Malik 197SahihAIi ibn Abd ar-Rahman al-Muawi said, “Abdullah ibn Umar saw me playing with some small pebbles in the prayer. When I finished he forbade me, saying, ‘Do as the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, did.’ I said, ‘What did the Messenger…Muwatta Malik 198SahihHe had seen Abdullah ibn Umar with a man praying at his side. When the man sat in the fourth raka, heput both feet to one side and crossed them. When Abdullah finished, he disapproved of that to him, and the man protested, “But you do the same.” Abdullah ibn…Muwatta Malik 199SahihAl- Mughira ibn Hakim saw Abdullah ibn Umar sit back from the two sajdas of the prayer onto the top of his feet. When he had finished, al- Mughira mentioned it to him, and Abdullah ibn Umar explained, “It is not a sunna of the prayer. I do it because I am…Muwatta Malik 200SahihAbdullah ibn Umar told him that he used to see Abdullah ibn Umar cross his legs in the sitting position of the prayer. He said, “So I did the same, and I was young at the time. Abdullah ibn Umar forbade me and said, ‘The sunna of the prayer is that you keep…Muwatta Malik 202SahihHe heard Umar ibn al- Khattab say, while he was teaching people the tashahhud from the mimbar, “Say, Greetings belong to Allah. Pure actions belong to Allah. Good words and prayers belong to Allah. Peace on you, Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His…Muwatta Malik 204SahihAishah, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say in the tashahhud, “Greetings, good words, prayers, pure actions belong to Allah. I testify that there is no god except Allah, alone without partner, and that Muhammad is His…Muwatta Malik 205SahihAl-Ansari that al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad told him that Aishah, the wife of the prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say in the tashahhud, “Greetings, good words, prayers, pure actions belong to Allah. I testify that there is no…Muwatta Malik 207DaifAbu Hurayrah said, “The one who raises his head and lowers it before the imam – his forelock is in the hand of a shaitan.” Malik said, concerning someone who forgot and raised his head before the imam in ruku or sujud, “The sunna of that is to return to…Muwatta Malik 208SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, finished the prayer after two rakas and Dhul-Yadayn said to him, “Has the prayer been shortened or have you forgotten, Messenger of Allah?” The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant…Muwatta Malik 209SahihAbu Sufyan, the mawla of Ibn Abi Ahmad, said that he heard Abu Hurayrah say, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed asr and said the taslim after two rakas. Dhul-Yadayn stood up and said, ‘Has the prayer been shortened…