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 7 of 41
Muwatta Malik 250DaifYazid ibn Ruman said, “The people used to watch the night in prayer during Ramadan for twenty- three rakas in the time of Umar ibn al-Khattab.”Muwatta Malik 251SahihHe heard al-Araj say, “I never saw the people in Ramadan, but that they were cursing the disbelievers.” He added, “The reciter of Qur’an used to recite surat al-Baqara in eight rakas and if he did it in twelve rakas the people would think that he had made it…Muwatta Malik 252SahihAbdullah ibn Abi Bakr said, “I heard my father say, ‘We finished praying in Ramadan and the servants hurried with the food, fearing the approach of dawn.’”Muwatta Malik 253SahihDhakwan Abu Amr (a slave belonging to Aishah, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who was freed by her after her death) used to stand in prayer and recite for her in Ramadan.Muwatta Malik 254SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir from Said ibn al-Jubayr that a man who has approval (as a relater of hadith), told him that Aishah, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If a man prays in the…Muwatta Malik 255SahihAishah, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘I was sleeping in front of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and my feet were in his qibla. When he prostrated, he nudged me and I pulled up my…Muwatta Malik 256SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father from Aishah, 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 you are drowsy in prayer, sleep…Muwatta Malik 257SahihHe had heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, heard a woman praying at night. He said, “Who is that?” and someone said to him,It is al-Hawla bint Tuwayt, she does not sleep in the night. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah…Muwatta Malik 258SahihUmar ibn al-Khattab used to pray as much as Allah willed in the night until at the end of the night he would wake his family for the prayer. He used to say to them, “The prayer, the prayer.” Then he would recite the ayat, “Enjoin prayer on your family and be…Muwatta Malik 261SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibn az- Zubayr from Aishah, 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, used to pray eleven rakas in the…Muwatta Malik 262SahihHe asked Aishah, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, what the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was like during Ramadan. She said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant…Muwatta Malik 263SahihAishah, umm al-muminin said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to pray thirteen rakas in the night and then would pray two rakas when he heard the adhan for the subh prayer.”Muwatta Malik 264SahihAbdullah Ibn Abbas told him that he had spent a night at the house of Maimuna, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who was also Ibn Abbas mother’s sister. Ibn Abbas said, “I lay down with my head on the breadth of the cushion…Muwatta Malik 265SahihAbdullah ibn Qays ibn Makhrama told him that Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani said one night that he was going to observe the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He said, “I rested my head on his threshold. The Messenger of…Muwatta Malik 267SahihA man from the Kinana tribe called al-Mukhdaji heard a man in Syria known as Abu Muhammad saying, “The witr is obligatory (fard).” Al-Mukhdaji said, “I went to Ubadah ibn as-Samit and presented myself to him as he was going to the mosque, and told him what…Muwatta Malik 268SahihSaid ibn Yasar said, “I was travelling with Abdullah ibn Umar on the road to Makka, and fearing that it was nearly dawn. I dismounted and prayed witr. Abdullah said, ‘Is there not a model for you in the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him…Muwatta Malik 269SahihSaid ibn al-Musayyab said, “Abu Bakr as-Siddiq used to pray witr when he wished to go to bed, and Umar ibn al-Khattab used to pray witr at the end of the night. As for me, I pray witr when I go to bed.”Muwatta Malik 274SahihSad ibn Abi Waqqas used to pray witr after isha with one raka. Malik said, “This is not the situation with us. Rather three is the minimum for witr.”Muwatta Malik 275SahihAbdullah ibn Umar used to say, “The maghrib prayer is the witr of the daytime prayers.” Malik said, “If someone prays witr at the beginning of the night, and goes to sleep, and then wakes up and it seems good to him to pray, let him pray, two rakas at a time.…Muwatta Malik 276DaifYahya related to me from Malik from Abd al Karim ibn Abil-Mukhariq al-Basri from Said ibn Jubayr that Abdullah Ibn Abbas slept, and when he woke up, he said to his servant, “Go and see what the people have done,” (by that time his sight had gone.) The servant…Muwatta Malik 278DaifAbdullah ibn Masud said, “I do not mind if the iqama for the subh prayer is called while I am still praying witr.”Muwatta Malik 280SahihAbd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim said, “I heard Abdullah ibn Amir ibn Rabia say, ‘I sometimes pray witr while hearing the iqama, or after the break of dawn.’ ‘ Abd ar-Rahman was not certain which he said.’”Muwatta Malik 281SahihMalik related to me that Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim heard his father al-Qasim ibn Muhammad say, “I have prayed witr after dawn.” Malik said, “Only a person who oversleeps so that he does not do the witr prays it after dawn. No one should intentionally make…Muwatta Malik 284SahihAbu Salamah ibn Abd ar-Rahman said, “Some people heard the iqama and started to pray. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came out and said, ‘Are you doing two prayers at the same time? Are you doing two prayers at the same time?’…Muwatta Malik 286SahihAl-Qasim ibn Muhammad had done the same as Ibn UmarMuwatta Malik 288SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Prayer in congregation is better than the prayer of one of you on his own by twenty-five parts.”Muwatta Malik 289SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “By Him in whose hand myself is! I had in mind to order firewood to be collected, then to order the prayer to be called, and to appoint a man to lead the people in prayer, and then to come…Muwatta Malik 290SahihZayd ibn Thabit said, “The most excellent prayer is your prayer in your house, except for the prescribed prayers.”Muwatta Malik 291SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Harmala al- Aslami from Said ibn al-Musayyab that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “What separates us from the hypocrites is being present at isha and subh. They…Muwatta Malik 292SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If a man who is walking along a road finds a branch of thorns on the road and removes it, Allah thanks him for doing it and forgives him.” He also said, “Martyrs are five: the one killed…