Narrated Al-Abbas ibn AbdulMuttalib:
I was sitting in al-Batha with a company among whom the Messenger of Allah (saws) was sitting, when a cloud passed above them.
The Messenger of Allah (saws) looked at it and said: What do you call this? They said: Sahab.
He said: And muzn? They said: And muzn. He said: And anan? They said: And anan. AbuDawud said: I am not quite confident about the word anan. He asked: Do you know the distance between Heaven and Earth? They replied: We do not know. He then said: The distance between them is seventy-one, seventy-two, or seventy-three years. The heaven which is above it is at a similar distance (going on till he counted seven heavens). Above the seventh heaven there is a sea, the distance between whose surface and bottom is like that between one heaven and the next. Above that there are eight mountain goats the distance between whose hoofs and haunches is like the distance between one heaven and the next. Then Allah, the Blessed and the Exalted, is above that.
| Grade: | Da'if (Al-Albani) | ضعيف (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4723 |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 128 |
| English translation | : Book 41, Hadith 4705 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Al-Albani) | حسن (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4773 |
| In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 1 |
| English translation | : Book 42, Hadith 4755 |
| Grade: | Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani) | حسن صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 1378 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 8 |
| English translation | : Book 6, Hadith 1373 |
Yahya related to me, and I (myself) heard Malik say, "The best that I have heard about some one who has to fast for two consecutive months because of having killed someone by mistake or having pronounced the dhihar form of divorce, becoming very ill and having to break his fast, is that if he recovers from his illness and is strong enough to fast, he must not delay doing so. He continues his fast from where he left off.
Similarly, a woman who has to fast because of having killed some one by mistake should not delay resuming her fast when she has become pure after her period. She continues her fast from where she left off.
No one who, by the Book of Allah, has to fast for two consecutive months may break his fast except for a reason - illness or menstruation. He must not travel and break his fast."
Malik said, "This is the best that I have heard about the matter."
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 18, Hadith 40 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam), al-Bukhari (3705) and Muslim (2727)] (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Musnad Ahmad 1141 |
| In-book reference | : Book 5, Hadith 556 |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 5969 |
| In-book reference | : Book 29, Hadith 225 |
| Sunnah.com reference | : Book 2, Hadith 215 |
| English translation | : Book 2, Hadith 320 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 2, Hadith 322 |
| Sunnah.com reference | : Book 11, Hadith 58 |
| English translation | : Book 11, Hadith 1353 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 11, Hadith 1327 |
Narrated Tariq ibn AbdurRahman al-Qarash:
Rafi' ibn Rifa'ah came to a meeting of the Ansar and said: The Prophet of Allah (saws) forbade us (from some things) today, and he mentioned some things. He forbade the earning of a slave-girl except what she earned with her hand. He indicated (some things) with his fingers such as baking, spinning, and ginning.
| Grade: | Hasan (Al-Albani) | حسن (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 3426 |
| In-book reference | : Book 24, Hadith 11 |
| English translation | : Book 23, Hadith 3419 |
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
Safiyyah, daughter of Atiyyah, said: I entered upon Aisha with some women of AbdulQays, and asked her about mixing dried dates and raisins (for drink). She replied: I used to take a handful of dried dates and a handful or raisins and put them in a vessel, and then crush them (and soak in water). Then I would give it to the Prophet (saws) to drink.
| Grade: | Da'if in chain (Al-Albani) | ضعيف الإسناد (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 3708 |
| In-book reference | : Book 27, Hadith 40 |
| English translation | : Book 26, Hadith 3699 |
Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (saws) said: If anyone resorts to a diviner and believes in what he says (according) to the version of Musa), or has intercourse with his wife (according to the agreed version) when she is menstruating, or has intercourse with his wife through her anus, he has nothing to do with what has been sent down to Muhammad (saws) - according to the version of Musaddad.
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 3904 |
| In-book reference | : Book 30, Hadith 1 |
| English translation | : Book 29, Hadith 3895 |
Narrated Busr ibn Artat:
Junadah ibn AbuUmayyah said: We were with Busr ibn Artat on the sea (on an expedition). A thief called Misdar who had stolen a bukhti she-camel was brought. He said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (saws) say: Hands are not to be cut off during a warlike expedition. Had it not been so, I would have cut it off.
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4408 |
| In-book reference | : Book 40, Hadith 58 |
| English translation | : Book 39, Hadith 4394 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 4598 |
| In-book reference | : Book 42, Hadith 3 |
| English translation | : Book 41, Hadith 4581 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Al-Albani) | صحيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Sunan Abi Dawud 365 |
| In-book reference | : Book 1, Hadith 365 |
| English translation | : Book 1, Hadith 365 |
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'n-Nadr, the mawla of Umar ibn Ubaydullah that A'isha bint Talha told him that she was once with A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and her husband, who was fasting, came and visited her there. (He was Abdullah ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abi Bakras-Siddiq.) A'isha said to him, "What's stopping you from coming close to your wife and kissing her and joking with her?" He said, "Can I kiss her when I am fasting?" She said, "Yes."
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 18, Hadith 16 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 18, Hadith 649 |
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Hazm from his father from Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman that A'isha umm al- muminin said to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, "Messenger of Allah, Safiyya bint Huyy has begun her period," and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Perhaps she will delay us. Has she done tawaf of the House with you?" They said, "Of course." He said, "So you are free to leave."
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 20, Hadith 235 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 20, Hadith 933 |
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Hazm from Ibn
Abi Mulayka that Umar ibn al-Khattab passed a leprous woman doing tawaf of the House, and he said to her, "Slave of Allah, do not make people uneasy. Better that you stay in your house," so she did so. A man passed by her after that and said to her, "The one who forbade you has died, so come out," and she replied, "I am not going to obey him when he is alive and disobey him when he is dead."
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 20, Hadith 259 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 20, Hadith 956 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1006 |
| In-book reference | : Book 10, Hadith 42 |
| English translation | : Vol. 2, Book 5, Hadith 1006 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2778 |
| In-book reference | : Book 43, Hadith 48 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 41, Hadith 2778 |
| صَحِيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 504 |
| In-book reference | : Book 3, Hadith 203 |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 3403 |
| In-book reference | : Book 14, Hadith 22 |
Malik said, "If a man has four awsuq of dates he has harvested, four awsuq of grapes he has picked, or four awsuq of wheat he has reaped or four awsuq of pulses he has harvested, the different categories are not added together, and he does not have to pay zakat on any of the categ ries - the dates, the grapes, the wheat or the pulses - until any one of them comes to five awsuq using the sa of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, as the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'There is no zakat (to pay) on anything less than five awsuq of dates. 'lf any of the categories comes to five awsuq, then zakat must be paid. If none of the categories comes to five awsuq, then there is no zakat to pay. The explanation of this is that when a man harvests five awsuq of dates (from his palms), he adds them all together and deducts the zakat from them even if they are all of different kinds and varieties. It is the same with different kinds of cereal, such as brown wheat, white wheat, barley and sult, which are all considered as one category. If a man reaps five awsuq of any of these, he adds it all together and pays zakat on it. If it does not come to that amount he does not have to pay any zakat. It is the same (also) with grapes, whether they be black or red. If a man picks five awsuq of them he has to pay zakat on them, but if they do not come to that amount he does not have to pay any zakat. Pulses also are considered as one category, like cereals, dates and grapes, even if they are of different varieties and are called by different names. Pulses include chick- peas, lentils, beans, peas, and anything which is agreed by everybody to be a pulse. If a man harvests five awsuq of pulses, measuring by the aforementioned sa, the sa of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, he collects them all together and must pay zakat on them, even if they are of every kind of pulse and not just one kind."
Malik said, ''Umar ibn al-Khattab drew a distinction between pulses and wheat when he took zakat from the Nabatean christians. He considered all pulses to be one category and took a tenth from them, and from cereals and raisins he took a twentieth."
Malik said, "If some one asks, 'How can pulses be added up all together when assessing the zakat so that there is just one payment, when a man can barter two of one kind for one of another, while cereals can not be bartered at a rate of two to one?', then tell him, 'Gold and silver are collected together when assessing the zakat, even though an amount of gold dinars can be exchanged for many times tha tamount of silver dirhams.' "
Malik said, regarding date palms which are shared equally between two men, and from which eight awsuq of dates are harvested, "They do not have to pay any zakat on them. If one man owns five awsuq of what is harvested from one piece of land, and the other owns four awsuq or less, the one who owns the five awsuq has to pay zakat, and the other one, who harvested four awsuq or less, does not have to pay zakat. This is how things are done whenever there are associates in any crop, whether the crop is grain or seeds that are reaped, or dates that are harvested, or grapes that are picked . Any one of them that harvests five awsuq of dates, or picks five awsuq of grapes, or reaps five awsuq of wheat, has to pay zakat, and whoever's portion is less than five awsuq does not have to pay zakat. Zakat only has to be paid by someone whose harvesting or picking or reaping comes to five awsuq."
Malik said, "The sunna with us regarding anything from any of these categories, i.e. wheat, dates, grapes and any kind of grain o rseed, which has had the zakat deducted from it and is then stored by its owner for a number of years after he has paid the zakat on it until he sell sit, is that he does not have to pay any zakat on the price he sells it for until a year has elapsed over it from the day he made the sale, as long as he got it through (chance) acquisition or some other means and it was not intended for trading. Cereals, seeds and trade-goods are the same, in that if a man acquires some and keeps them for a number of years and then sells them for gold or silver, he does not have to pay zakat on their price until a year has elapsed over it from the day of sale. If, however, the goods were intended for trade then the owner must pay zakat on them when he sells them, as long as he has had them for a year from the day when he paid zakat on the property with which he bought them."
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 17, Hadith 37 |
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yazid ibn Khusayfa that he had asked Sulayman ibn Yasar whether zakat was due from a man who had wealth in hand but also owed a debt for the same amount, and he replied, "No."
Malik said, "The position that we are agreed upon concerning a debt is that the lender of it does not pay zakat on it until he gets it back. Even if it stays with the borrower for a number of years before the lender collects it, the lender only has to pay zakat on it once. If he collects an amount of the debt which is not zakatable, and has other wealth which is zakatable, then what he has collected of the debt is added to the rest of his wealth and he pays zakat on the total sum."
Malik continued, "If he has no ready money other than that which he has collected from his debt, and that does not reach a zakatable amount, then he does not have to pay any zakat. He must, however, keep a record of the amount that he has collected and if, later, he collects another amount which, when added to what he has already collected, brings zakat into effect, then he has to pay zakat on it."
Malik continued, "Zakat is due on this first amount, together with what he has further collected of the debt owed to him, regardless of whether or not he has used up what he first collected. If what he takes back reaches twenty dinars of gold, or two hundred dirhams of silver he pays zakat on it. He pays zakat on anything else he takes back afte rthat, whether it be a large or small amount, according to the amount."
Malik said, "What shows that zakat is only taken once from a debt which is out of hand for some years before it is recovered is that if goods remain with a man for trading purposes for some years before he sells them, he only has to pay zakat on their prices once. This is because the one who is owed the debt, or owns the goods, should not have to take the zakat on the debt, or the goods, from anything else, since the zakat on anything is only taken from the thing itself, and not from anything else."
Malik said, "Our position regarding some onewho owes a debt, and has goods which are worth enough to pay off the debt, and also has an amount of ready money which is zakatable, is that he pays the zakat on the ready money which he has to hand. If, however, he only has enough goods and ready money to pay off the debt, then he does not have to pay any zakat. But if the ready money that he has reaches a zakatable amount over and above the amount of the debt that he owes, then he must pay zakat on it."
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 17, Hadith 19 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 17, Hadith 598 |
Yahya related to me from Malik from Thawr ibn Zayd ad-Dili from a son of Abdullah ibn Sufyan ath-Thaqafi from his grandfather Sufyan ibn Abdullah that Umar ibn al-Khattab once sent him to collect zakat. He used to include sakhlas (when assessing zakat), and they said, "Do you include sakhlas even though you do not take them (as payment)?" He returned to Umar ibn al-Khattab and mentioned that to him and Umar said, "Yes, you include a sakhla which the shepherd is carrying, but you do not take it. Neither do you take an akula, or a rubba, or a makhid, or male sheep and goats in their second and third years, and this is a just compromise between the young of sheep and goats and the best of them."
Malik said, "A sakhla is a newborn lamb or kid. A rubba is a mother that is looking after her offspring, a makhid is a pregnant ewe or goat, and an akula is a sheep or goat that is being fattened for meat."
Malik said, about a man who had sheep and goats on which he did not have to pay any zakat, but which increased by birth to a zakatable amount on the day before the zakat collector came to them, "If the number of sheep and goats along with their (newborn) offspring reaches a zakatable amount then the man has to pay zakat on them. That is because the offspring of the sheep are part of the flock itself. It is not the same situation as when some one acquires sheep by buying them, or is given them, or inherits them. Rather, it is like when merchandise whose value does not come to a zakatable amount is sold, and with the profit that accrues it then comes to a zakatable amount. The owner must then pay zakat on both his profit and his original capital, taken together. If his profit had been a chance acquisition or an inheritance he would not have had to pay zakat on it until one year had elapsed over it from the day he had acquired it or inherited it."
Malik said, "The young of sheep and goats are part of the flock, in the same way that profit from wealth is part of that wealth. There is, however, one difference, in that when a man has a zakatable amount of gold and silver, and then acquires an additional amount of wealth, he leaves aside the wealth he has acquired and does not pay zakat on it when he pays the zakat on his original wealth but waits until a year has elapsed over what he has acquired from the day he acquired it. Whereas a man who has a zakatable amount of sheep and goats, or cattle, or camels, and then acquires another camel, cow, sheep or goat, pays zakat on it at the same time that he pays the zakat on the others of its kind, if he already has a zakatable amount of livestock of that particular kind."
Malik said, "This is the best of what I have heard about this. "
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 17, Hadith 26 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 17, Hadith 604 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 1496 |
| In-book reference | : Book 16, Hadith 38 |
| English translation | : Vol. 2, Book 16, Hadith 1497 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 310 |
| In-book reference | : Book 1, Hadith 311 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 311 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 597 |
| In-book reference | : Book 6, Hadith 104 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 6, Hadith 598 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1107 |
| In-book reference | : Book 11, Hadith 28 |
| English translation | : Vol. 2, Book 6, Hadith 1107 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3121 |
| In-book reference | : Book 47, Hadith 173 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3121 |
| ضَعِيف (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 389 |
| In-book reference | : Book 3, Hadith 98 |
| صَحِيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 549 |
| In-book reference | : Book 3, Hadith 245 |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 2105 |
| In-book reference | : Book 7, Hadith 145 |
| مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 598 |
| In-book reference | : Book 4, Hadith 33 |
| لم تتمّ دراسته (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 4416 |
| In-book reference | : Book 22, Hadith 105 |
| لم تتمّ دراسته (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 4470 |
| In-book reference | : Book 22, Hadith 157 |
| صَحِيح (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 4480 |
| In-book reference | : Book 22, Hadith 167 |
| حسن (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 4506 |
| In-book reference | : Book 22, Hadith 193 |
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'n Nadr, the mawla of Umar ibn Ubaydullah from Busr ibn Said that Zayd ibn Khalid al-Juhani sent him to Abu Juhaym to ask him what he had heard from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, about passing in front of someone praying. Abu Juhaym said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'If the one who passes in front of a man praying knew what he was bringing upon himself it would be better for him to stop for forty than to pass in front of him.' "
Abu'n-Nadr said, "I do not know whether he said forty days or months or years."
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 9, Hadith 37 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 9, Hadith 366 |
Yahya related to me from Malik that Muhammad ibn Uqba, the mawla of az Zubayr, asked al-Qasim ibn Muhammad whether he had to pay any zakat on a large sum given to him by his slave to buy his freedom. Al- Qasim said, "Abu Bakr as-Siddiq did not take zakat from anyone's property until it had been in his possession for a year."
Al- Qasim ibn Muhammad continued, "When Abu Bakr gave men their allowances he would ask them, 'Do you have any property on which zakat is due?' If they said, 'Yes,' he would take the zakat on that property out of their allowances. If they said, 'No,' he would hand over their allowances to them without deducting anything from them."
| USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Book 17, Hadith 4 |
| Arabic reference | : Book 17, Hadith 584 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2120 |
| In-book reference | : Book 30, Hadith 5 |
| English translation | : Vol. 4, Book 4, Hadith 2120 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1372 |
| In-book reference | : Book 15, Hadith 53 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 13, Hadith 1372 |
A man from the Companions of the Prophet (saws) passed by ravine containing a small spring of thirst quenching water, so he was amazed by how pleasant it was. So he said: 'I should leave the people and stay in this ravine. But I will not do it until I seek permission from the Messenger of Allah (saws).' So he mentioned that to the Messenger of Allah (saws) and he said: 'Do not do so. For indeed one of you standing in the cause of Allah is more virtuous that his Salat in his house for seventy years. Do you not love that Allah forgive your sins and admit you into Paradise ? Then fight in the cause of Allah, for whoever fights in Allah's cause for the time it takes for two milkings of a camel, then Paradise is obligatory for him.'"
[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan.
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1650 |
| In-book reference | : Book 22, Hadith 33 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 20, Hadith 1650 |
That during the Year of the Conquest, while he was in Makkah, he heard the Messenger of Allah (saws) saying: "Indeed Allah and His Messenger unlawful the sale of wine, dead carcasses, the pig, and idols." They said: "O Messenger of Allah! What about the fat of carcasses? For indeed it is used to coat the ships, skins are oiled with it, and people use it for lamps?" He said: "No. It is unlawful." Then, with that, the Messenger of Allah (saws) said: "May Allah fight (curse) the Jews! Indeed Allah made the fat unlawful for them, they melted it, sold it, and consumed its price."
[He said:] There are narrations of this topic from 'Umar and Ibn 'Abbas.
[Abu 'Eisa said:] The Hadith of Jabir is Hasan Sahih Hadith. This is acted upon according to the people of knowledge.
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1297 |
| In-book reference | : Book 14, Hadith 99 |
| English translation | : Vol. 1, Book 12, Hadith 1297 |
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ قَالَ كَانَ أَبُو وَائِلٍ شَقِيقُ ...
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3351 |
| In-book reference | : Book 47, Hadith 403 |
| English translation | : Vol. 5, Book 44, Hadith 3351 |
[Al- Bukhari and Muslim].
| Reference | : Riyad as-Salihin 1836 |
| In-book reference | : Book 18, Hadith 29 |
| مُتَّفَقٌ عَلَيْهِ (الألباني) | حكم : |
| Reference | : Mishkat al-Masabih 5958 |
| In-book reference | : Book 29, Hadith 214 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 2549 |
| In-book reference | : Book 23, Hadith 115 |
| English translation | : Vol. 3, Book 23, Hadith 2550 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3423 |
| In-book reference | : Book 27, Hadith 35 |
| English translation | : Vol. 4, Book 27, Hadith 3453 |
| Grade: | Sahih (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3447 |
| In-book reference | : Book 27, Hadith 59 |
| English translation | : Vol. 4, Book 27, Hadith 3477 |
| Grade: | Hasan (Darussalam) |
| Reference | : Sunan an-Nasa'i 5104 |
| In-book reference | : Book 48, Hadith 65 |
| English translation | : Vol. 6, Book 48, Hadith 5107 |