MaliksMuwattaBook3.Prayer
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 1.
Section:TheCallto Prayer.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikthatYahyaibnSaidsaid,“TheMessengerofAllah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had wanted to take two pieces of wood to strike them together to gather people for the prayer, and Abdullah ibn Zayd al-Ansari, then of the tribe of Harith ibn al-Khazraj, was shown two pieces of wood in his sleep. He said,
‘These are close to what the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,wants.’Thenitwassaid,‘Doyounotcalltotheprayer?’,sowhenhewokeup he went to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and mentionedthedream tohim.TheMessengerof Allah,mayAllahblesshimandgrant him peace, ordered the adhan.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 2.
Section:TheCallto Prayer.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromIbnShihabfromAtaibnYazidal-LaythifromAbu Said al-KhudrithattheMessenger of Allah,mayAllah blesshim andgrant himpeace, said, “When you hear the adhan, repeat what the muadhdhin says.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 3.
Section:TheCallto Prayer.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Sumayy, the mawla of Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar- Rahman,fromAbuHurayrathattheMessengerof Allah,mayAllahblesshimandgrant him peace, said, “If people knew what was in the adhan and the first row of the prayer andcouldonlydrawlotsforit,theywoulddrawlots.Andif theyknewwhatwasindoing dhuhr early, they would race each other to it. And if they knew what was in isha and subh, they would go to them even if they had to crawl.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 4.
Section:TheCallto Prayer.
Yahya related to me from Malik from al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Yaqub from his fatherandIshaqibnAbdullahthattheyinformedhimthattheyheardAbuHurayrasay,
“The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘When the iqamaiscalledforprayer,donotcometoitrunning,butcomewithcalmness.Praywhat you catch and complete what you miss. You are in prayer as long as your aim is the prayer.’”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 5.
Section:TheCallto Prayer.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd arRahman ibn Abdullah ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abu Sasaca al-Ansari, and later al-Mazini, that his father told him that Abu Said al- Khudrihadsaidtohim,“Iseethatyoulovesheepandthedesert.Whenyouareamong yoursheeporinyourdesert,calltheprayerand raiseyourvoiceintheadhan,because I heard the Messenger of Allah, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, say, ‘No jinn or man or anything within range hears the voice of the muadhdhin except that it bears witness for him on the day of rising.’”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 6.
Section:TheCallto Prayer.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromAbu’z-Zinadfromal-ArajfromAbuHurayrathatthe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When the call to prayer is made Shaytan retreats, passing wind, so that he will not hear the adhan.
Whentheadhaniscompletedhecomesback,until,whentheiqamaissaid,heretreats again. When the iqama is completed, he comes back, until he comes between a man and his self and says, ‘Think of such and such, think of such and such,’ which he was not thinking about before, until the man does not know how much he has prayed.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 7.
Section:TheCallto Prayer.
Yahya related tomefrom MalikfromAbuHazim ibn Dinar that Sahlibn Sadas-Saidi said,“Therearetwotimeswhenthegatesofheavenareopened,andfewwhomake supplicationhaveitreturnedto themunanswered.Theyareatthetimeof theadhan, and in a rank of people fighting in the way of Allah.”
Malikwasaskedwhethertheadhanonthedayof jumuawascalledbeforethetimehad come for the prayer and he said, “It is not called until after the sun has passed the meridian.”
Malikwasaskedaboutdoublingtheadhanandtheiqama,andatwhatpointpeoplehad to standwhentheiqamafortheprayerwascalled.Hesaid,“Ihaveheardnothingabout the adhan and iqama except what I have seen people do. As for the iqama, it is not doubled. That is what the people of knowledge in our region continue to do. As for people standing up when the iqama for the prayer is called, I have not heard of any
definite point at which it is begun, and I consider it rather to be according to people’s (individual)capacity,forsomepeopleareheavyandsomearelight,andtheyarenot able to be as one man.”
Malik was asked about a gathering of people who wished to do the prescribed prayer callingtheiqamaandnottheadhan,andhesaid,“itisenoughforthem.Theadhanis only obligatory in mosques where the prayer is said in congregation.”
Malik was asked about the muadhdhin saying “Peace be upon you” to the imam and calling him to the prayer, and he was asked who was the first person to whom such a greetingwasmade.Hereplied,“Ihavenotheardthatthisgreetingoccurredinthefirst community.”
YahyasaidthatMalikwasaskedwhetheramuadhdhinwhocalledthepeopletoprayer andthenwaitedtoseeifanyonewouldcomeandnoonedid,sohesaidtheiqamaand didtheprayerbyhimselfandthenpeoplecameafterhehadfinished,shouldrepeatthe prayer with them. Malik said, “He does not repeat the prayer, and whoever comes after he has finished should do the prayer by himself.”
YahyasaidthatMalikwasaskedaboutamuadhdhinwhocalledtheadhanforagroup of people,didvoluntaryprayers,andthenthegroupofpeoplewantedtodotheprayer with some oneelse saying the iqama. He said, “There isnoharm inthat. His iqamaor somebody else’s are the same.”
YahyasaidthatMaliksaid,“Thesubhprayerisstillcalledbeforedawn.Asfortheother prayers, we believe that they should only be called after the time has started.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 8.
Section:TheCallto Prayer.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikthathehadheardthatthemuadhdhincametoUmaribn al-Khattab to call him to the subh prayer and found him sleeping, so he said, “Prayer is better than sleep,” and Umar ordered him to put that in the adhan for subh.
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 9.
Section:TheCallto Prayer.
Yahya related to me from Malik from his paternal uncle Abu Suhayl ibn Malik that his uncle’s father said, “I recognise nothing nowadays of what I saw the people (i.e. the companionsoftheMessenger,mayAllahblesshimandgranthimpeace)doingexcept the call to prayer.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 10.
Section:TheCallto Prayer.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikthatAbdullahibnUmarheardtheiqamawhilehewasin Baqi, so he increased his pace of walking to the mosque.
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 11.
Section:TheAdhanDuringaJourneyandWithoutWudu.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromNafithatAbdullahibnUmarcalledtheadhanona cold and windynight and included the phrase, “Do theprayer in shelter.” Thenhesaid, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to order the muadhdhin to say, ‘Do the prayer in shelter’ when it was a cold, rainy night “
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 12.
Section:TheAdhanDuringaJourneyandWithoutWudu.
Yahya related tomefrom Malikfrom Nafi that ona journeyAbdullahibn Umar didno morethantheiqama,exceptforsubh,whenhecalledboththeadhanandtheiqama. Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, “The adhan is for an imam whom people join.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 13.
Section:TheAdhanDuringa JourneyandWithoutWudu.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromHishamibnUrwathathisfathersaidtohim,“When you are on a journey you can, if you wish, call the adhan and the iqama, or, if you wish, the iqama and not the adhan.”
YahyasaidthatheheardMaliksay,“Thereisnoharminamancallingtheadhanwhile riding.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 14.
Section:TheAdhanDuringaJourneyandWithoutWudu.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromYahyaibnSaidthatSaidibnal-Musayyabusedto say, “Whoever prays on waterless, desolate land – an angel prays on his right and an angel prays on his left. When he calls both the adhan and the iqama for the prayer, or calls out the iqama, angels like mountains pray behind him.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 15.
Section:TheDurationoftheMealbeforeDawn(Sahur)inRelationtotheAdhan.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromAbdullahibnDinarfromAbdullahibnUmarthatthe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Bilal calls the adhan whilst it is still night so eat and drink until Ibn Umm Maktum calls the adhan.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 16.
Section:TheAdhanDuringaJourneyandWithoutWudu.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Salim ibn Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Bilal calls the adhaninthenight,soeatanddrink untilIbnUmmMaktumcallstheadhan.”IbnUmm Maktum was a blind man who did not call the adhan until someone said to him, “The morning has come. The morning has come.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 17.
Section:TheOpeningofthePrayer.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromIbnShihabfromSalimibnAbdullahfromAbdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used
to raise his hands to the level of his shoulderswhen he began the prayer and when he raised his head from the ruku he raised them in the same way, saying, “Allah hears whoeverpraiseshim,ourLordandpraisebelongstoYou.”Hedidnotraisetheminthe sujud.
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 18.
Section:TheOpeningofthePrayer.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromIbn ShihabthatAIiibnHusaynibnAliibnAbiTalib said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say, ‘Allah is greater’ whenever he lowered himself and raised himself, and he continued to pray like that until he met Allah.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 19.
Section:TheOpeningofthePrayer.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromYahyaibnSa’idfromSulaymanibnYasarthatthe Messenger of Allah,mayAllah blesshim andgrant himpeace,usedto raisehis hands in the prayer.
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 20.
Section:TheOpeningofthePrayer.
Yahyarelatedtomefrom MalikfromIbnShihabfrom AbuSalamaibnAbdar-Rahman ibn Awf thatAbuHurayrausedtoleadtheminprayerandwouldsay “Allahisgreater” wheneverheloweredhimselfandraisedhimself.Whenhehadfinishedhewouldsay, “ByAllah,Iamthepersonwhoseprayermostresemblestheprayerof theMessenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 21.
Section:TheOpeningofthePrayer.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromIbnShihabfromSalimibnAbdullahthatAbdullah ibnUmarusedtosay“Allahisgreater”intheprayerwheneverheloweredhimselfand raised himself.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to raise his handstothelevelofhisshoulderswhenhebegantheprayerandwhenheraisedhis head from the ruku he would raise them less than that.
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 22.
Section:TheOpeningofthePrayer.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Nuaym Wahb ibn Kaysan that Jabir ibn Abdullahusedtoteachthemthetakbirintheprayer.AbuNuaymsaid,“Heusedtotell us to say ‘Allah is greater’ whenever we lowered or raised ourselves.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 23.
Section:TheOpeningofthePrayer.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikthatIbnShihabusedtosay,“Whenamancatchesthe raka he says, ‘Allah is greater’ once, and that takbir is enough for him.”
Malikadded,“Thatisifheintendedtobegintheprayerbythat takbir.”
Malik was asked about a man who began with the imam but forgot the opening takbir andthetakbirof therukuuntilhehaddoneoneraka.Thenherememberedthathehad not said the takbir at the opening nor in the ruku, so he said the takbir in the second raka.Hesaid,“Ipreferthathestarthisprayeragain,butifheforgetstheopeningtakbir with the imam and says the takbir in the first ruku, I consider that enough for him if he intends by it the opening takbir.”
Maliksaid,aboutsomeonewhoprayedbyhimselfandforgottheopeningtakbir,“He begins his prayer afresh.”
Maliksaid,aboutanimamwhoforgottheopeningtakbiruntilhehadfinishedhisprayer, “Ithinkthatheshoulddotheprayeragain,andthosebehindhim,evenif theyhavesaid the takbir.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 24.
Section:TheRecitationofQur’anintheMaghribandIshaPrayers.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromIbnShihabfromMuhammadibnJubayribnMutim thathisfathersaid,“IheardtheMessengerofAllah,mayAllahblesshimandgranthim peace, recite at-Tur (Sura 52) in the maghrib prayer.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 25.
Section:TheRecitationofQur’anintheMaghribandIshaPrayers.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utba ibnMasudfromAbdullahibnAbbasthatUmmal-Fadlbintal-Harithheardhimrecitingal Mursalat (sura 77) and she said to him, “My son, you have reminded me by reciting this sura that it was what I last heard the Messenger of Allah,mayAllahbless him and grant him peace, recite in the maghrib prayer.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 26.
Section:TheRecitationofQur’anintheMaghribandIshaPrayers.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Ubayd, the mawla of Sulayman ibn Abd alMalik, from Ubada ibn Nusayy from Qays ibn al Harith that Abu 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 and I drew so near to him that my clothes were almost touching his clothes. I heard him reciting the umm al- Qur’anandthisayat,‘OurLord,donotmakeourheartsgoastrayafterYouhaveguided us, and give us mercy from Your presence. Surely You are the Giver.’” (Sura 3 ayat 8)
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 27.
Section:TheRecitationofQur’anintheMaghribandIshaPrayers.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to recite in all four rakas as when he prayed alone – in every raka the umm al-Qur’an and another surafrom the Qur’an.Sometimes he would recite two or three suras in one rakain the obligatoryprayer.Similarly,herecitedtheummal-Qur’anandtwosurasinthefirsttwo rakas of maghrib.
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 28.
Section:TheRecitationofQur’anintheMaghribandIshaPrayers.
Yahya related tomefrom Malikfrom Yahya ibn SaidfromAdi ibnThabital-Ansarithat al-BarraibnAzibsaid,“IprayedishawiththeMessengerofAllah,mayAllahblesshim and grant him peace, and he recited at-Tin (Sura 95) in it.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 29.
Section:BehaviourintheRecitation.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromNafifromIbrahimibnAbdullahibnHunaynfrom hisfatherfrom AliibnAbiTalibthattheMessengerofAllah,mayAllahblesshim and grant him peace, forbade wearing the qassi (an Egyptian garment, striped with
silk),wearinggoldrings,andrecitingtheQur’aninruku.
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 30.
Section:BehaviourintheRecitation.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromYahyaibnSaidfromMuhammadibnIbrahimibn al Harithat-TaymifromAbuHazimat-TammarfromalBayadithattheMessengerofAllah, 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 said, “When you pray you are talking confidentially to your Lord. So look to what you confide to Him, and do not say the Qur’an out loud so that others hear it.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 31.
Section:BehaviourintheRecitation.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromHumaydat-TawilthatAnasibnMaliksaid,“Istood 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.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 32.
Section:BehaviourintheRecitation.
Yahya related to me from Malik from his paternal uncle Abu Suhayl ibn Malik that his fathersaid,“WeheardtherecitationofUmaribnal-Khattabwhenwewereatthehome of Abu Jahmin al-Balat.” (Al-Balat was a place in Madina between the mosque and the market.)
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 33.
Section:BehaviourintheRecitation.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromNafithatwhenAbdullahibnUmarmissedanything of theprayerinwhichtheimam recitedoutloud,hewouldstandupwhentheimamhad said the taslim and recite what he owed out loud to himself.
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 34.
Section:BehaviourintheRecitation.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikthatYazidibnRumansaid,“IusedtopraynexttoNafi ibn Jubayr ibn Mutim and he would nudge me to prompt him while we were praying.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 35.
Section:TheRecitationintheSubhPrayer.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromHishamibnUrwafromhisfatherthatAbuBakras- Siddiq prayed subh and recited suratal-Baqara in the two rak’as.
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 36.
Section:TheRecitationintheSubhPrayer.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromHishamibnUrwathathisfatherheardAbdullahibn Amir ibn Rabia say, “We prayed subh behind Umar ibn al-Khattab and he recited sura Yusuf (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 of dawn.” He said, “Of course.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 37.
Section:TheRecitationintheSubhPrayer.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromYahyaibnSaidandRabiaibnAbiAbdarRahman 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.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 38.
Section:TheRecitationintheSubhPrayer.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromNafithatAbdullahibnUmarusedtorecitethe first ten suras of the mufassal in the subh prayer, and on a journey he would recite the ummal-Qur’an and a sura in every raka.
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 39.
Section:TheUmmal-Qur’an.
Yahya related to me from Malik from al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Yaqub that Abu Said,themawlaofAmiribnKuraztoldhim thattheMessengerofAllah,mayAllahbless him and grant him peace, called to Ubayy ibn Kab while he was praying. When Ubayy hadfinishedhisprayerhejoinedtheMessengerofAllah,mayAllahblesshimandgrant him peace, and the Messenger of Allah put his hand upon his hand, and he was intending to leave by the door of the mosque, so the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “I hope that you will notleave the mosque until you know a sura whose like Allah has not sent down in the Tawrah nor in the Injil nor in theQur’an.”Ubayysaid,“Ibegantoslowdownmypaceinthehopeofthat.ThenIsaid, ‘Messenger of Allah, the sura youpromisedme!’ He said, ‘Whatdoyou recitewhen you begin the prayer?’ I recited the Fatiha (Sura 1) until I came to the end of it, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘It is this sura, and
itisthe“sevenoft-repeated”andtheGreatQur’anwhichIwas given.’”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 40.
Section:TheUmmal-Qur’an.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromAbuNuaymWahbibnKaysanthatheheardJabir 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.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 41.
Section:RecitingtoOneselfbehindtheImamwhenHedoesnotReciteAloud.
Yahya related to me from Malik from al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Ya’qub that he heardAbu’s-Sa’ib,themawlaofHishamibnZuhra,sayhehadheardAbuHurayrasay, “I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say,
‘Whoeverpraysaprayerwithoutrecitingtheummal-Qur’aninit,hisprayerisaborted,it is aborted, it is aborted, incomplete.’ So I said, ‘Abu Hurayra, sometimes I am behind the imam. ‘He pulled my forearm and said, ‘Recite it to yourself, O Persian, for I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say that Allah the Blessed, the Exalted, said, “I have divided the prayer into two halves between me and my slave. One half of it is for Me and one half of it is for my slave, and My slave has what he asks.” ‘The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, “Recite.” The slave says, ‘Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.’ Allah the Blessed, the Exalted, says, ‘My slave has praised Me.’ The slave says, ‘The Merciful, the Compassionate.’ Allah says, ‘My slave has spoken well of Me.’ The slave says, ‘Master of the Dayof the Deen.’ Allah says, ‘Myslave has glorified Me.’ The slave says, ‘YoualoneweworshipandYoualoneweaskforhelp.‘Allahsays,‘Thisayatisbetween Me and My slave, and for My slave is what he asks. ‘The slave says, ‘Guide us in the straight Path, the Path of those whom You have blessed, not of those with whom You are angry, nor those who are in error. ‘ Allah says, ‘These arefor My slaves, and for my slave is what he asks.’”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 42.
Section:RecitingtoOneselfbehindtheImamwhenHedoesnotReciteAloud.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromHishamibnUrwathathisfatherusedtorecite behind the imam when the imam did not recite aloud.
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 43.
Section:RecitingtoOneselfbehindtheImamwhenHedoesnotReciteAloud.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said and from Rabia ibn Abi Abd ar Rahmanthatal-QasimibnMuhammadusedtorecitebehindtheimamwhentheimam did not recite aloud.
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 44.
Section:RecitingtoOneselfbehindtheImamwhenHedoesnotReciteAloud.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromYazidibnRumanthatNafiibnJubayribnMutim used to recite behind the imam when he did not recite aloud.
Maliksaid,“Thatisthemostpreferabletomeof whatIhaveheardaboutthematter.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 45.
Section:NotRecitingbehindtheImamwhenHeRecitesAloud.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromNafithatAbdullahibnUmar,whenaskedifanyone shouldrecitebehindan imam,said,“When you praybehindanimam thentherecitation of the imam is enough for you and when you pray on your own you must recite.” Nafi added, “Abdullah ibn ‘Umar used not to recite behind the imam.”
Yahya said that he heard Malik say, “Theposition with us is thataman recitesbehind theimamwhentheimamdoesnotrecitealoudandherefrainsfromrecitingwhenthe imam recites aloud.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 46.
Section:NotRecitingbehindtheImamwhenHeRecitesAloud.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ibn Ukayma al-Laythi from Abu HurayrathattheMessengerofAllah,mayAllahblesshimand granthimpeace,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 blesshim and granthimpeace, said, “Iwas sayingto myself, ‘WhyamI distracted fromtheQur’an?’”WhenthepeopleheardtheMessengerof Allah,mayAllahblesshim and grant him peace, say that, they refrained from reciting with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, when he recited aloud.
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 47.
Section:Saying‘Amin’behindtheImam.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Sa’id ibn al-Musayyab and Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman told him from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When the imam says ‘Amin’, say ‘Amin’,fortheonewhose‘Amin’coincideswiththe‘Amin’oftheangels –hisprevious wrong actions are forgiven him.”
IbnShihabsaid,“TheMessengerofAllah,may Allahblesshimandgranthimpeace, used to say ‘Aameen’ (extending it).”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 48.
Section:Saying‘Amin’behindtheImam.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromSumayy,themawlaofAbuBakr,fromAbuSalih asSamman,from AbuHurayrathattheMessengerofAllah,mayAllahblesshim and grant him peace, said, “When the imam has said, ‘not of those with whom You are angrynor of those who are in error,’ say ‘Amin’, for the previous wrong actions of the one whose utterance coincides with that of the angels, are forgiven him.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 49.
Section:Saying‘Amin’behindtheImam.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromAbu’zZinadfromal-ArajfromAbuHurayrathatthe 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.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 50.
Section:Saying‘Amin’behindtheImam.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Sumayy, the mawla of Abu Bakr, from Abu Salih as-Samman from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and granthimpeace,said,“Whentheimamsays,‘AllahhearswhoeverpraisesHim,’say‘O Allah! Our Lord, praise be to You, ‘for the previous wrong actions done by the one whose utterance coincides with that of the angels are forgiven.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 51.
Section:BehaviourintheSittinginthePrayer.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Muslim ibn Abi Maryam that AIi ibn Abd ar- Rahmanal-Muawi said, “Abdullah ibn Umar sawme playingwith some smallpebbles in the prayer.When I finished he forbade me, saying, ‘Do as the Messenger of Allah, may Allahblesshimandgranthimpeace,did.’Isaid,‘WhatdidtheMessengerofAllah,may Allah bless him and grant him peace, do?’ He said, ‘When he sat in the prayer, he placed his right hand on his right thigh and he closed his fist and pointed his index finger, and he placed his left hand on his left thigh. That is what he used to do.’”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 52.
Section:BehaviourintheSittinginthePrayer.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromAbdullahibn DinarthathehadseenAbdullahibn Umar with a manpraying at his side.When the man sat inthefourthraka, he put 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 Umar said, “I am ill.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 53.
Section:BehaviourintheSittinginthePrayer.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromSadaqaibnYasarthatal-MughiraibnHakimsaw Abdullah ibn Umar sit back from the two sajdas of the prayer onto the top of his feet.
Whenhehadfinished,al-Mughiramentionedittohim,andAbdullahibnUmar explained, “It is not a sunna of the prayer. I do it because I am ill.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 54.
Section:BehaviourintheSittinginthePrayer.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromAbdar-Rahmanibnal-QasimthatAbdullahibn 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.
AbdullahibnUmarforbademeandsaid,‘Thesunnaoftheprayeristhatyoukeepyour right foot vertical and lay your left foot down.’ I said to him, ‘But you do the same (as I did).’ He said, ‘My feet do not support me.’”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 55.
Section:BehaviourintheSittinginthePrayer.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that al-Qasim ibn Muhammad showedthemhowtositinthetashahhud,andhekepthisrightfoot verticalandlaidhis left foot down, and sat on his left haunch not on his foot. Then he said, “Abdullah ibn Abdullah ibn Umar saw me doing this and related to me that his father used to do the same thing.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 56.
Section:TashahhudinthePrayer.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Urwa ibn az-Zubayr from Abd ar- Rahman ibn Abd al-Qari that he 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 themercyof AllahandHisblessings.PeacebeuponusandontheslavesofAllahwho are salihun. I testify that there is no god except Allah. And I testify that Muhammad is His slave and His messenger.”
‘At-tahiyatu lillah, az-zakiyatu lillah, at-tayibatu wa’s-salawatu lillah. As-salamu alayka ayyuha’nnabiyyuwarahmatu’llahiwabarakatuhu.As-salamualaynawaalaibadi’llahis- salihin. Ash-hadu an la ilaha illa ‘llah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluh.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 57.
Section:TashahhudinthePrayer.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar used to say the tashahhud saying, “In the name of Allah. Greetings belong to Allah. Prayers belong to Allah. Pure actions belong to Allah. Peace be on the Prophet and the mercy of Allah andHisblessings.Peacebeonusandontheslavesof Allahwhoaresalihun.Itestify that there is no god except Allah. I testify that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.”
“Bismillah, at-tahiyatu lillah, as-salawatu lillah, az-zakiyatu lillah. As-salamu ala’n- nabiyyiwarahmatullahiwabarakatuhu.As-salamualaynawaalaibadi’llahi’s-salihin. Shahidtu an la ilaha illallah. Shahidtu anna Muhammadu’r-rasulu’llah.”
He used to say this after the first two rakas and he would make supplication with whateverseemedfittohimwhenthetashahhudwascompleted.Whenhesatatthe end of the prayer, he did the tashahhud in a similar manner, except that after the tashahhud he made supplication with whatever seemed fit to him. When he had completed the tashahhud and intended to say the taslim, he said, “Peace be on the Prophet and Hismercyandblessings. Peacebe upon usand on theslaves of Allah who are salihun.”
“As-salamuala’n-nabiyyiwarahmatu’llahiwabarakatuhu.As-salamualaynawaala ibadi’llahi’ssalihin.”
He then said, “Peace be upon you” to his right, and would return the greeting to the imam,andifanyonesaid“Peacebeuponyou”fromhislefthewouldreturnthegreeting to him.
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 58.
Section:TashahhudinthePrayer.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn al-Qasim from his father that A’isha,thewifeoftheProphet,may Allahblesshimandgranthimpeace,usedtosayin 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 slave and His Messenger. Peace be on you, Prophet, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings. Peace be on us and on the slaves of Allah who are salihun. Peace be upon you.”
“At-tahiyatu, at-tayibatu, as-salawatu, az-zakiyatu lillah. Ash-hadu an la ilaha illa’llah, wahdahulasharikalahwaannaMuhammadanabduhuwarasuluhu.As-salamualayka ayyuha-n-nabiyyu wa rahmatu-llahi wa barakatuhu. As-salamu alayna wa ala ibadi- llahi’s-salihin. As-salamu alaykum.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 59.
Section:TashahhudinthePrayer.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said al-Ansari that al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad told him that A’isha, 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 I testify that Muhammad is the slave of Allah and His Messenger. Peacebeuponyou,Prophet,andthemercyofAllahandHisblessings.Peacebeupon us and on the slaves of Allah who are salihun. Peace be upon you.”
“At-tahiyatu, at-tayibatu, as-salawatu,az-zakiyatu lillah. Ash-hadu an la ilaha illa’llah, wahdahu la sharika llah wa ash-hadu anna Muhammadan abduhu wa rasuluhu. As- salamualaykaayyuha-n-nabiyyuwarahmatu-llahiwabarakatuhu.As-salamualayna wa ala ibadi-llahi’s-salihin. As-salamu alaykum.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 60.
Section:TashahhudinthePrayer.
Yahya related to me from Malik that he asked Ibn Shihab and Nafi, the mawla of Ibn Umar,whetheramanwhojoinedanimamwhohadalreadydonearakashouldsaythe tashahhud with the imam in the second and fourth rakas, even though these were odd for him? They said, “He should say tashahhud with him.”
Maliksaid,“Thatisthepositionwithus.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 61.
Section:WhattoDoIfOneRaisesOne’sHeadBeforetheImam.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromMuhammadibn AmribnAIqamafromMalikibn Abdullah as-Sadi thatAbu Hurayra said, “The one who raiseshis headand lowers it before the imam – his forelock is in the hand of a shaytan.”
Malik said, concerning someone who forgot and raised his head before the imam in ruku or sujud, “The sunnaof thatis to returnto bowing or prostratingand not to waitfor theimamtocomeup.Whathehasdoneisamistake,becausetheMessengerofAllah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘The imam is appointed to be followed as a leader, so do not oppose him.’ Abu Hurayra said, ‘The one who raises his head and lowers it before the imam – his forelock is in the hand of a shaytan.’”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 62.
Section:WhattoDoifthroughForgetfulnessOneSaystheTaslimafterTwoRakas.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ayyub ibn Abi Tamima as-Sakhtayani from Muhammad ibn Sirin from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, finished the prayer after two rakas and Dhu’l-Yadayn said to him, “Has the prayer been shortened or have you forgotten, Messenger of Allah?” The Messenger of Allah,mayAllah blesshimandgrant himpeace,said,“Has Dhu’l-Yadayn spoken the truth?”Thepeople said, “Yes,” and the Messenger of Allah,mayAllahbless him and grant him peace, stood and prayed the other two rakas and then said, “Peace beuponyou.”Thenhesaid,“Allahisgreater”andwentintoasadjaaslongashisusual prostrations or longer. Then he came up and said, “Allah is greater” and went into a sajda as long as his usual prostrations or longer and then came up.
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 63.
Section:WhattoDoifthroughForgetfulnessOneSaystheTaslimafterTwoRakas.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Da’ud ibn al-Husayn that Abu Sufyan, the mawlaof Ibn Abi Ahmad, said that he heard Abu Hurayra say, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed asr and said the taslim after two rakas. Dhu’l-Yadayn stood up and said, ‘Has the prayer been shortened, Messenger of Allah, or have you forgotten?’ The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,stoodupandcompletedwhatremainedoftheprayer,andthen,remainingsitting after saying the taslim, he made two prostrations.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 64.
Section:WhattoDoifthroughForgetfulnessOneSaystheTaslimafterTwoRakas.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromIbnShihabthatAbuBakribnSulaymanibnAbi
Hathma said, “I have heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant himpeace,prayedtworakasofoneofthetwoday-timeprayers,dhuhrorasr,and said the taslim after two rakas. Dhu’sh-Shamalayn said to him, ‘Has the prayer been shortened, Messenger of Allah, or have you forgotten?’ The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘The prayer has not been shortened and I havenotforgotten.’Dhu’shShamalaynsaid,‘Itwascertainlyoneofthose,Messengerof Allah.’ The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, approached the people and said, ‘Has Dh u’sh-Shamalayn spoken the truth?’ They said, ‘Yes, Messenger of Allah,’ and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, completed what remained of the prayer, and then said, ‘Peace be upon you.’”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 65.
Section:WhattoDoifthroughForgetfulnessOneSaystheTaslimafterTwoRakas.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromIbnShihabfromSaidibnal-Musayyab,andfrom Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman, the same as that.
Malik said, “Every forgetfulness which decreases from the prayer, prostrations for it comebeforethegreeting,andeveryforgetfulnesswhichisanadditiontotheprayer, prostrations for it come after the greeting.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 66.
Section:CompletingwhatisRecalledWhenUncertainhowmuchhasbeenPrayed.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromZaydibnAslamfromAtaibnYasarthatthe Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “If you are
uncertain in the prayer and do not know whether you have prayed three or four rakas, thenpraya rakaandmaketwo prostrationsfrom the sittingposition before thetaslim. If therakathatyouprayedwasthefifth,thenyoumakeitevenbythesetwosajdas,andif it was the fourth, then the two prostrations spite Shaytan.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 67.
Section:CompletingwhatisRecalledWhenUncertainhowmuchhasbeenPrayed.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Zayd from Salim ibn Abdullah that Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, “If you are uncertain in the prayer, estimatewhatyouthinkyouhaveforgottenoftheprayerandrepeatit,thendothetwo sajdas of forgetfulness from the sitting position.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 68.
Section:CompletingwhatisRecalledWhenUncertainhowmuchhasbeenPrayed.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Afif ibn Amr as-Sahmi that Ata ibn Yasar said, “I asked Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As and Kab alAhbarabout someone who was uncertain inhisprayer,anddidnotknowwhetherhehadprayedthreeorfourrakas.Bothofthem said, ‘He should pray another raka and then do two sajdas from the sitting position.’”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 69.
Section:CompletingwhatisRecalledWhenUncertainhowmuchhasbeenPrayed.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar, when questioned aboutforgetfulnessintheprayer,said,“Ifyouthinkthatyouhaveforgottenpartofthe prayer, then pray it.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 70.
Section:WhattoDoifOneStandsAftertheCompletionofthePrayerorAfterTwoRakas.
YahyarelatedtomefromMalikfromIbnShihabfromal-ArajthatAbdullahibnBuhayna said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed two rakas with us and then stood without sitting and the people stood with him. When he had finished the prayer and we had seen him say the taslim, he said ‘Allah is greater’ and did two sajdas from the sitting position and then said the taslim again.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber71.
Section:WhattoDoifOneStandsAftertheCompletionofthePrayerorAfterTwoRakas.
Yahya related tomefrom Malikfrom Yahya ibn SaidfromAbdar-RahmanibnHurmuz that Abdullah ibn Buhayna said, “The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and granthimpeace,prayeddhuhrwithusandhestoodstraightupaftertworakaswithout sitting. When he had finished the prayer, he did two sajdas and then said the taslim after that.”
Malik said, concerning someone who forgot in his prayer and stood up after he had completed four rakas and recited and then went into ruku and then,when he raised his headfromruku,rememberedthathehadalreadycompleted(hisprayer),“Hereturnsto a sitting position and does not do any sajda. If he has already done one sajda I do not think he should do the other. Then when his prayer is finished he does two sajdas from the sitting position after saying the taslim.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 72.
Section:LookinginthePrayeratWhatDistractsYoufromIt.
Yahya related to me from Malik from AIqama ibn Abi AIqama from his mother that A’isha, the wife of theProphet, mayAllah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Abu JahmibnHudhayfagavetheMessengerofAllah,mayAllahblesshimandgranthim peace, a fine striped garment from Syria and he did the prayer in it. When he had finished he said, ‘Give this garment back to Abu Jahm. I looked at its stripes in the prayer and they almost distracted me.’”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 73.
Section:LookinginthePrayeratWhatDistractsYoufromIt.
MalikrelatedtomefromHishamibnUrwafromhisfatherthattheMessengerofAllah, mayAllahblesshimandgranthimpeace,woreafinestripedgarmentfromSyria,and thengaveittoAbuJahmandtookaplain,rough,garmentinreturn.AbuJahmasked, “Messenger of Allah! Why?” He said, “I looked at its stripes in the prayer.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 74.
Section:LookinginthePrayeratWhatDistractsYoufromIt.
Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr that Abu Talha al-Ansari was praying in his garden when a wild pigeon flew in and began to fly to and fro trying to find a way out.Thesightwaspleasingtohimandhelethiseyesfollowthebirdforatimeandthen he went back to his prayer but could not remember how much he had prayed. He said, “Atrialhasbefallenmeinthispropertyofmine.”SohecametotheMessengerofAllah, mayAllahblesshimandgranthimpeace,andmentionedthetrialthathadhappenedto himinhisgardenandsaid,“Messengerof Allah,itisasadaqaforAllah,sodisposeof it wherever you wish.”
MaliksMuwatta Book 3, HadithNumber 75.
Section:LookinginthePrayeratWhatDistractsYoufromIt.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr that a man from the Ansar was praying in a garden of his in Quff, one of the valleys of Madina, during the date seasonandthepalms’brancheswereweigheddownwithfruitonallsides.Helookedat them and what he saw of their fruits amazed him. Then he went back to his prayer and he did not know how much he had prayed. He said, “A trial has befallen me in this propertyof mine.” Sohe went to Uthman ibnAffan, who was the khalifa atthe time,and mentioned it to him and said, “It is sadaqa, so give it away in the paths of good.”Uthman ibn Affan sold it for fifty thousand and so that property became known as the Fifty.
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