Muwatta Imam Malik — Prayer

Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said said, "The Messenger of Allah, 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.' Then it was said, 'Do you not call to the prayer?', so when he woke up he went to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and mentioned the dream to him. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, ordered the adhan

حدثني يحيى، عن مالك، عن يحيى بن سعيد، انه قال كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قد اراد ان يتخذ خشبتين يضرب بهما ليجتمع الناس للصلاة فاري عبد الله بن زيد الانصاري ثم من بني الحارث بن الخزرج خشبتين في النوم فقال ان هاتين لنحو مما يريد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقيل الا توذنون للصلاة فاتى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم حين استيقظ فذكر له ذلك فامر رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم بالاذان

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ata ibn Yazid al-Laythi from Abu Said al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When you hear the adhan, repeat what the muadhdhin says

وحدثني عن مالك، عن ابن شهاب، عن عطاء بن يزيد الليثي، عن ابي سعيد الخدري، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " اذا سمعتم النداء فقولوا مثل ما يقول الموذن

Yahya related to me from Malik from Sumayy, the mawla of Abu Bakr ibn Abd ar-Rahman, from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If people knew what was in the adhan and the first row of the prayer and could only draw lots for it, they would draw lots. And if they knew what was in doing 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

وحدثني عن مالك، عن سمى، مولى ابي بكر بن عبد الرحمن عن ابي صالح السمان، عن ابي هريرة، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " لو يعلم الناس ما في النداء والصف الاول ثم لم يجدوا الا ان يستهموا عليه لاستهموا ولو يعلمون ما في التهجير لاستبقوا اليه ولو يعلمون ما في العتمة والصبح لاتوهما ولو حبوا

Yahya related to me from Malik from al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Yaqub from his father and Ishaq ibn Abdullah that they informed him that they heard Abu Hurayra say, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'When the iqama is called for prayer, do not come to it running, but come with calmness. Pray what you catch and complete what you miss. You are in prayer as long as your aim is the prayer

وحدثني عن مالك، عن العلاء بن عبد الرحمن بن يعقوب، عن ابيه، واسحاق بن عبد الله، انهما اخبراه انهما، سمعا ابا هريرة، يقول قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " اذا ثوب بالصلاة فلا تاتوها وانتم تسعون واتوها وعليكم السكينة فما ادركتم فصلوا وما فاتكم فاتموا فان احدكم في صلاة ما كان يعمد الى الصلاة

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-Khudri had said to him, "I see that you love sheep and the desert. When you are among your sheep or in your desert, call the prayer and raise your voice in the adhan, because I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah 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

وحدثني عن مالك، عن عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله بن عبد الرحمن بن ابي صعصعة الانصاري، ثم المازني عن ابيه، انه اخبره ان ابا سعيد الخدري قال له " اني اراك تحب الغنم والبادية فاذا كنت في غنمك او باديتك فاذنت بالصلاة فارفع صوتك بالنداء فانه لا يسمع مدى صوت الموذن جن ولا انس ولا شىء الا شهد له يوم القيامة " . قال ابو سعيد سمعته من رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the 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. When the adhan is completed he comes back, until, when the iqama is said, he retreats 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

وحدثني عن مالك، عن ابي الزناد، عن الاعرج، عن ابي هريرة، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " اذا نودي للصلاة ادبر الشيطان له ضراط حتى لا يسمع النداء فاذا قضي النداء اقبل حتى اذا ثوب بالصلاة ادبر حتى اذا قضي التثويب اقبل حتى يخطر بين المرء ونفسه يقول اذكر كذا اذكر كذا لما لم يكن يذكر حتى يظل الرجل ان يدري كم صلى

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Hazim ibn Dinar that Sahl ibn Sad as-Saidi said, "There are two times when the gates of heaven are opened, and few who make supplication have it returned to them unanswered. They are at the timeof the adhan, and in a rank of people fighting in the way of Allah." Malik was asked whether the adhan on the day of jumua was called before the time had come for the prayer and he said, "It is not called until after the sun has passed the meridian." Malik was asked about doubling the adhan and the iqama, and at what point people had to stand when the iqama for the prayer was called. He said, "I have heard nothing about 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, for some people are heavy and some are light, and they are not able to be as one man ." Malik was asked about a gathering of people who wished to do the prescribed prayer calling the iqama and not the adhan, and he said, "lt is enough for them. The adhan is 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 greeting was made. He replied, "I have not heard that this greeting occurred in the first community." Yahya said that Malik was asked whether a muadhdhin who called the people to prayer and then waited to see if anyone would come and no one did, so he said the iqama and did the prayer by himself and then people came after he had finished, should repeat the prayer with them. Malik said, "He does not repeat the prayer, and whoever comes after he has finished should do the prayer by himself." Yahya said that Malik was asked about a muadhdhin who called the adhan for a group of people, did voluntary prayers, and then the group of people wanted to do the prayer with some one else saying the iqama. He said, "There is no harm in that. His iqama or somebody else's are the same." Yahya said that Malik said, "The subh prayer is still called before dawn. As for the other prayers, we believe that they should only be called after the time has started

Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that the muadhdhin came to Umar ibn 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

وحدثني عن مالك، انه بلغه ان الموذن، جاء الى عمر بن الخطاب يوذنه لصلاة الصبح فوجده نايما فقال الصلاة خير من النوم . فامره عمر ان يجعلها في نداء الصبح

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 companions of the Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace ) doing except the call to prayer

وحدثني يحيى، عن مالك، عن عمه ابي سهيل بن مالك، عن ابيه، انه قال ما اعرف شييا مما ادركت عليه الناس الا النداء بالصلاة

Yahya related to me from Malik that Abdullah ibn Umar heard the iqama while he was in Baqi, so he increased his pace of walking to the mosque

وحدثني عن مالك، عن نافع، ان عبد الله بن عمر، سمع الاقامة، وهو بالبقيع فاسرع المشى الى المسجد

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar called the adhan on a cold and windy night and included the phrase, "Do the prayer in shelter." Then he said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to orderthe muadhdhin to say, 'Do the prayerin shelter' when it was a cold, rainy night

حدثني يحيى، عن مالك، عن نافع، ان عبد الله بن عمر، اذن بالصلاة في ليلة ذات برد وريح فقال الا صلوا في الرحال ثم قال ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يامر الموذن اذا كانت ليلة باردة ذات مطر يقول " الا صلوا في الرحال

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that on a journey Abdullah ibn Umar did no more than the iqama, except for subh, when he called both the adhan and the iqama. Abdullah ibn Umar used to say, "The adhan is for an imam whom people join

وحدثني عن مالك، عن نافع، ان عبد الله بن عمر، كان لا يزيد على الاقامة في السفر الا في الصبح فانه كان ينادي فيها ويقيم وكان يقول انما الاذان للامام الذي يجتمع الناس اليه

Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa that his father said to him, "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." Yahya said that he heard Malik say, "There is no harm in a man calling the adhan while riding

وحدثني يحيى، عن مالك، عن هشام بن عروة، ان اباه، قال له اذا كنت في سفر فان شيت ان توذن وتقيم فعلت وان شيت فاقم ولا توذن . قال يحيى سمعت مالكا يقول لا باس ان يوذن الرجل وهو راكب

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that Said ibn al-Musayyab used to 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

وحدثني عن مالك، عن يحيى بن سعيد، عن سعيد بن المسيب، انه كان يقول من صلى بارض فلاة صلى عن يمينه ملك وعن شماله ملك فاذا اذن واقام الصلاة او اقام صلى وراءه من الملايكة امثال الجبال

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar from Abdullah ibn Umar that the 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

حدثني يحيى، عن مالك، عن عبد الله بن دينار، عن عبد الله بن عمر، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " ان بلالا ينادي بليل فكلوا واشربوا حتى ينادي ابن ام مكتوم

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 adhan in the night, so eat and drink until Ibn Umm Maktum calls the adhan." Ibn Umm Maktum was a blind man who did not call the adhan until someone said to him, "The morning has come. The morning has come

وحدثني عن مالك، عن ابن شهاب، عن سالم بن عبد الله، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " ان بلالا ينادي بليل فكلوا واشربوا حتى ينادي ابن ام مكتوم " . قال وكان ابن ام مكتوم رجلا اعمى لا ينادي حتى يقال له اصبحت اصبحت

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Salim ibn Abdullah from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to raise his hands to the level of his shoulders when he began the prayer and when he raised his head from the ruku he raised them in the same way, saying, "Allah hears whoever praises him, our Lord and praise belongs to You." He did not raise them in the sujud

حدثني يحيى، عن مالك، عن ابن شهاب، عن سالم بن عبد الله، عن عبد الله بن عمر، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان اذا افتتح الصلاة رفع يديه حذو منكبيه واذا رفع راسه من الركوع رفعهما كذلك ايضا وقال " سمع الله لمن حمده ربنا ولك الحمد " . وكان لا يفعل ذلك في السجود

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that AIi ibn Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib 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 Al lah

وحدثني عن مالك، عن ابن شهاب، عن علي بن حسين بن علي بن ابي طالب، انه قال كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يكبر في الصلاة كلما خفض ورفع فلم تزل تلك صلاته حتى لقي الله

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Sa'id from Sulayman ibn Yasar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to raise his hands in the prayer

وحدثني عن مالك، عن يحيى بن سعيد، عن سليمان بن يسار، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم كان يرفع يديه في الصلاة

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu Salama ibn Abdar-Rahman ibn Awf that Abu Hurayra used to lead them in prayer and would say "Allah is greater" whenever he lowered himself and raised himself. When he had finished he would say, "By Allah, I am the person whose prayer most resembles the prayer of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace

وحدثني عن مالك، عن ابن شهاب، عن ابي سلمة بن عبد الرحمن بن عوف، ان ابا هريرة، كان يصلي لهم فيكبر كلما خفض ورفع فاذا انصرف قال والله اني لاشبهكم بصلاة رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم