Al-Muwatta' Quotes

“246. Yahya related to me from Mālik from Ibn Shihāb from Urwa ibn az- Zubayr from Ā'isha, the wife of the Prophet, (S), that the Messenger of Allâh, (S), prayed in the mosque one night and people prayed behind him. Then he prayed the next night and there were more people. Then they gathered on the third or fourth night and the Messenger of Allâh, (S), did not come out to them. In the morning, he said, "I saw what you were doing and the only thing that prevented me from coming out to you was that I feared that it would become obligatory (fard) for you." This happened in Ramadan.”
― IDP Research Division, Al-Muwatta'

“121. Yahya related to me from Mālik from Nāfi' that Abdullâh ibn Umar used to do tayammum up to his elbows. Mālik was asked about how tayammum was done and what parts were covered and he said, "Strike Yahya related to me from Mālik from Nāfi' that Abdullâh ibn Umar and he were approaching Juruf. When they got to Mirbad, Abdullâh got down and did tayammum with some good earth. He wiped his face, and his arms to the elbows, and then prayed.”
― IDP Research Division, Al-Muwatta'

“69. Yahya related to me from Mālik from Hishām ibn Urwa that Abū Urwa ibn az-Zubayr used to take off his turban and wipe his head with water.”
― IDP Research Division, Al-Muwatta'

“the watering place of the Prophet, (S), from which he will give to the people of his community on the day of rising.)" They asked him, "Messenger of Allâh! How will you recognise those of your community who come after you?" He said, "Doesn't a man who has horses with white legs and white blazes on their foreheads among totally black horses recognise which ones are his own?" They said, "Of course, Messenger of Allâh." He went on, "Even so will they come on the day of rising with white marks on their foreheads, hands and feet from wudu, and I will precede them to the Hawd. Some men will be driven away from the Hawd as if they were straying camels and I shall call out to them, 'Will you not come? Will you not come? Will you not come?' and someone will say, 'They changed things after you,' so I shall say, 'Then away with them, away with them, away with them!”
― IDP Research Division, Al-Muwatta'

“58. Yahya related to me from Mālik from al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahmān from his father from Abū Hurayra that the Messenger of Allâh, (S), went to the burial grounds and said, "Peace be upon you, home of a people who believe! We shall be among you, Allâh willing. I wish that I had seen our brothers!" The people with him said, "Messenger of Allâh! Are we not your brothers?" "No," he said, "You are my companions. Our brothers are those who have not yet come. And I will precede them to the Hawd. (The Hawd:”
― IDP Research Division, Al-Muwatta'

“52. Yahya related to me from Mālik that he had heard that Alī ibn Abī Tâlib and Abdullâh ibn Abbās did not do wudu after eating cooked food.”
― IDP Research Division, Al-Muwatta'

“51. Yahya related to me from Mālik from Damra ibn Said al-Mazini from Aban ibn Uthmān that Uthmān ibn Affān ate bread and meat, rinsed his mouth out, washed his hands and wiped his face with them, and then prayed without doing wudu.”
― IDP Research Division, Al-Muwatta'

“35. Yahya related to me from Mālik that he had heard that Abd ar-Rahmān ibn Abī Bakr was visiting Ā'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allâh bless him and grant him peace, on the day that Sad ibn Abī Waqqās died, and he asked for some water to do wudu. Ā'isha said to him, ''Abd ar-Rahmān! Perform your wudu fully, for I heard the Messenger of Allâh, (S), say, 'Woe to the heels in the fire.”
― IDP Research Division, Al-Muwatta'

“30. Yahya related to me from Mālik from Ibn Shihāb from Said ibn al- Musayyib that the Messenger of Allâh, (S), said, "Anyone who eats this plant should not come near our mosques. The smell of the garlic will offend us.”
― IDP Research Division, Al-Muwatta'

“27. Yahya related to me from Mālik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar that the Messenger of Allâh, (S), said, "Scorching heat is a part of the blast of Jahannam. So, when the heat is fierce, delay the prayer until it gets cooler." He added in explanation, "The Fire complained to its Lord and said, 'My Lord, part of me has eaten another part,' so He allowed it two breaths in every year, a breath in winter and a breath in summer.”
― IDP Research Division, Al-Muwatta'

“21. Yahya related to me from Mālik from Nāfi' from Abdullâh ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allâh, (S), said, "If someone misses the asr prayer it is as if he has suffered a great misfortune in his family and wealth.”
― IDP Research Division, Al-Muwatta'