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 8 of 41
Muwatta Malik 293SahihUmar ibn al-Khattab missed Sulayman ibn Abi Hathma in the subh prayer. In the morning he went to the market, and Sulayman’s house was between the market and the Prophet’s mosque. He passed ash-Shifa, Sulayman’s mother, and said to her, “I did not see Sulayman…Muwatta Malik 294SahihAbd ar-Rahman ibn Abi Amra al-Ansari said that Uthman ibn Affan came to the isha prayer and seeing only a few people in the mosque, he lay down at the back of the mosque to wait for the number of people to increase. Ibn Abi Amra went and sat down beside him…Muwatta Malik 295HasanYahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from a man of the Banid-Dil called Busr ibn Mihjan from his father Mihjan that he was in a gathering with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the call to prayer was made. The…Muwatta Malik 298DaifA man from the tribe of Bani Asad asked Abu Ayyub al-Ansari. “Sometimes I pray in my house, and then come to the mosque and find the imam praying. Should I pray with him?” Abu Ayyub said, “Yes, pray with him, for some one who does so has the reward of the…Muwatta Malik 300SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When you lead people in the prayer, make it short, because there are among them some people who are weak, ill and old. But when you pray on your own, make it as long as you wish.”Muwatta Malik 303SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, fell off his horse when riding, and his right side was scraped, so he did one of the prayers sitting, and we prayed behind him sitting. When he left, he said, “The imam is appointed to be…Muwatta Malik 304SahihAishah, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed while he was ill. He prayed sitting, and some people prayed behind him standing, and he indicated to them…Muwatta Malik 305SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came out during his illness, and approached and found Abu Bakr standing, leading the people in prayer. Abu Bakr began to go back, but the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him…Muwatta Malik 306SahihIbn Abi Waqqas from a mawla of Amr ibn al-As or of Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The prayer of one of you sitting down is only equal to half the prayer of one of you when he is…Muwatta Malik 307DaifAbdullah ibn Amr ibn al As said, “When we arrived at Madina we were struck down by a severe epidemic which debilitated us greatly. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came out to the people while they were praying nawafil prayers…Muwatta Malik 308SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from as-Saib ibn Yazid from al Muttalib ibn Abi Wadaa as-Sahmi that Hafsah, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “I never saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and…Muwatta Malik 309SahihAishah, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, told him that she had never seen the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, doing night prayers sitting down until he was getting on in years. He would recite…Muwatta Malik 310SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Yazid al-Madani and from Abun Nadr from Abu Salamah ibn Abd ar-Rahman 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…Muwatta Malik 312SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from al-Qaqa ibn Hakim that Abu Yunus, the mawla of Aishah, umm al-muminin said, “Aishah ordered me to write out a Qur’an for her. She said, ‘When you reach this ayat, let me know, ‘Guard the prayers…Muwatta Malik 313HasanAmr ibn Rafi said, “I was writing a Qur’an for Hafsah, umm al-muminin, and she said, ‘When you reach this ayat, let me know, ‘Guard the prayers carefully and the middle prayer and stand obedient to Allah.’ When I reached it I told her and she dictated to me…Muwatta Malik 314SahihIbn Yarbu al-Makhzumi said, “I heard Zayd ibn Thabit say, ‘The middle prayer is the prayer of dhuhr.’”Muwatta Malik 316SahihUmar ibn Abi Salamah saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, praying in one garment in the house of Umm Salamah. He was completely covered by it, and had put both ends over his shoulders.Muwatta Malik 317SahihSome one asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace about praying in one garment. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Do you all have two garments?”Muwatta Malik 318SahihSaid ibn al- Musayyab said that Abu Hurayrah was asked, “May a man pray in one garment?” He said, “Yes.” The man then said to him “Do you do that?” and he replied, “Yes, I pray in one garment while my clothes are on the clothes-rack.”Muwatta Malik 320SahihMuhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm used to pray in a single long shirt.Muwatta Malik 323DaifHis mother asked Umm Salamah, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, “What clothes can a woman wear in prayer?” She said, “She can pray in a shift that reaches down and covers the top of her feet.”Muwatta Malik 325SahihA woman asked him for a decision, saying, “Waist-wrappers are painful to me. Can I pray in a shift and head-covering?” He replied, “Yes, if the shift is long.”Muwatta Malik 326SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, joined dhuhr and asr on his journey to Tabuk.Muwatta Malik 327SahihMuadh ibn Jabal told him that they went out with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, in the year of Tabuk, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, joined dhuhr with asr and maghrib with isha. Muadh…Muwatta Malik 329SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Abuz Zubayr al-Makki from Said ibn Jubayr that Abdullah Ibn Abbas said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed dhuhr and asr together and maghrib and isha together, and not out of fear nor…Muwatta Malik 333SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from a man of the family of Khalid ibn Asid that he said to Abdullah ibn Umar, “Abu Abd ar-Rahman, we find the fear prayer and the prayer when settled mentioned in the Qur’an, but we do not find any mention of…Muwatta Malik 334SahihAishah, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “The prayer was prescribed as two rakas, both when settled and when travelling. Then the travelling prayer was kept as it was, and an increase was made in the prayer when settled.”Muwatta Malik 337SahihHis father rode to Rim and shortened the prayer on the journey. Malik said, “That was about four mail-stages.” (approximately forty-eight miles).Muwatta Malik 338SahihAbdullah ibn Umar rode to Dhat an-Nusub and shortened the prayer on the journey. Malik said, “There are four mail-stages between Dhat an-Nusub and Madina.”Muwatta Malik 340SahihAbdullah ibn Umar used to shorten the prayer when he travelled for a whole day.