Nafi, the client of Ibn Umar
أبو عبد الله نافع
Successor, died 116 AH in Madinah. Named in the chains of 1,659 narrations of the library, 400 in Bukhari, 147 in Muslim, 210 in Abu Dawud.
1,659narrations name him
13collections
116 AHhe died, in Madinah
In the books of narrators: Trustworthy and exact, ثقة ثبت فقيه مشهور.
Narrations he is named in
Bukhari400Muslim147Abu Dawud210Tirmidhi122Nasa'i236Ibn Majah177Muwatta223Ahmad26Darimi84Riyad as-Salihin1Al-Adab Al-Mufrad22Shama'il8Mishkat3
Muwatta Malik, page 2 of 8
Muwatta Malik 233SahihAbdullah ibn Umar saw two men talking while the imam was giving the khutba on the day of jumua and he threw pebbles at them to tell them to be quiet.Muwatta Malik 241SahihAbdullah ibn Umar would never go to jumua without wearing oil and perfume except when it was forbidden (i.e. when he was muhrim).Muwatta Malik 266SahihYahya related to me from Malik from Nafi and Abdullah ibn Umar that a man asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, about night prayers. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Night prayers are two…Muwatta Malik 273SahihAbdullah ibn Umar used to say the taslim between the two rakas and the one raka of witr so that he could order something he needed.Muwatta Malik 287SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Prayer in congregation is better than the prayer of a man by himself by twenty-seven degrees.”Muwatta Malik 299SahihAbdullah ibn Umar used to say, “Someone who prays maghrib or subh and then catches them with the imam should not repeat them.” Malik said, “I do not see any harm in someone who has already prayed in his house praying with the imam, except for maghrib, because…Muwatta Malik 328SahihAbdullah ibn Umar said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to join maghrib and isha together when it was urgent to travel.”Muwatta Malik 330Sahih(with regards to above) Malik said, “I believe that was during rain.” Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to join the prayer along with the amirs if they joined maghrib and isha in the rain.Muwatta Malik 336SahihAbdullah ibn Umar, shortened the prayer when he left for hajj or umra at Dhul Hulayfa.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 348SahihAbdullah ibn Umar used to pray four rakas behind the imam at Mina, and when he prayed by himself he would pray two rakas.Muwatta Malik 350SahihAbdullah ibn Umar never used to pray anything with the fard prayer, either before it or after it, while travelling, except in the depths of the night. He would pray on the ground or on his mount, whichever way it was facing.Muwatta Malik 352DaifAbdullah ibn Umar used to see his son, Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah, doing voluntary prayers on a journey, and he would not disapprove of it.Muwatta Malik 366SahihAbdullah ibn Umar would neither pass in front of anyone, nor let anyone pass in front of him.Muwatta Malik 375SahihUmar ibn al-Khattab used to order the rows to be straightened, and when they had come to him and told him that the rows were straight he would say the takbir.Muwatta Malik 379SahihAbdullah ibn Umar did not say qunut in any of the prayers.Muwatta Malik 390SahihAbdullah ibn Umar used to place his palms flat on the surface where he put his forehead. Nafi said, “I have seen him take his hands out from under his burnus on a very cold day and place them on the ground.”Muwatta Malik 391SahihAbdullah ibn Umar used to say, “When one of you puts his forehead on the ground he should put his palms on the place where he puts his forehead. Then, when he rises, he should raise them, for the hands prostrate just as the face prostrates.”Muwatta Malik 402SahihWhen the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to go to Quba (to pray), he would walk as well as ride.Muwatta Malik 405SahihAbdullah ibn Umar used to say, “When a sick man is unable to prostrate he should motion with his head, and not raise anything to his forehead.”Muwatta Malik 407SahihAbdullah ibn Umar passed by a man who was praying and said, “Peace be upon you,” and the man replied to him. Abdullah ibn Umar returned to him and said, “When someone says, ‘Peace be upon you’ to you while you are praying do not reply, but give a signal with…Muwatta Malik 408SahihAbdullah ibn Umar used to say, “Someone who only remembers that he has forgotten a prayer when he is praying the next prayer behind an imam, should pray the prayer he has forgotten after the imam has said the taslim, and then pray the other one again.”Muwatta Malik 429SahihAbdullah ibn Umar used to do ghusl on the day of Fitr before going to the place of prayer.Muwatta Malik 436SahihNafi, the mawla of Abdullah ibn Umar said, “I was at Adha and Fitr with Abu Hurayrah and he said ‘Allah is greater’ seven times in the first raka, before the recitation, and five times in the second, before the recitation.”Muwatta Malik 437SahihAbdullah ibn Umar did not pray either before the prayer or after it on the day of Fitr.Muwatta Malik 443SahihAbdullah ibn Umar, when asked about the fear prayer said, “The imam and a group of people go forward and the imam prays a raka with them, while another group, who have not yet prayed, position themselves between him and the enemy. When those who are with him…Muwatta Malik 458SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saw spittle on the wall of the qibla and scraped it off. Then he went up to the people and said, “Do not spit in front of you when you are praying, because Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, is in…Muwatta Malik 462SahihUmar ibn al-Khattab said, “Any direction that is between east and west can be taken as a qibla if the person praying is face-on to the House.”Muwatta Malik 475SahihThe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “A man who knows the Qur’an well is like a man who has a hobbled camel. If he takes care of it, he keeps it, and if he lets it go, it gets away.”Muwatta Malik 482DaifA man from Egypt told him that Umar ibn al-Khattab recited Surat al-Hajj (Sura 22) and prostrated twice in it, and then said, “This sura has been given special preference by having two prostrations in it.”