Muwatta Imam Malik — Prayer

Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn Amr ibn AIqama from Malik ibn Abdullah as-Sadi that Abu Hurayra said, "The one who raises his head and 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 sunna of that is to return to bowing or prostrating and not to wait for the imam to come up. What he has done is a mistake, because the Messenger of Allah, 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

حدثني يحيى، عن مالك، عن محمد بن عمرو بن علقمة، عن مليح بن عبد الله السعدي، عن ابي هريرة، انه قال الذي يرفع راسه ويخفضه قبل الامام فانما ناصيته بيد شيطان

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, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Has Dhu'l-Yadayn spoken the truth?" The people said, "Yes," and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, stood and prayed the other two rakas and then said, "Peace be upon you." Then he said, "Allah is greater" and went into a sadja as long as his usual 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

حدثني يحيى، عن مالك، عن ايوب بن ابي تميمة السختياني، عن محمد بن سيرين، عن ابي هريرة، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم انصرف من اثنتين فقال له ذو اليدين اقصرت الصلاة ام نسيت يا رسول الله فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " اصدق ذو اليدين " . فقال الناس نعم . فقام رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فصلى ركعتين اخريين ثم سلم ثم كبر فسجد مثل سجوده او اطول ثم رفع ثم كبر فسجد مثل سجوده او اطول ثم رفع

Yahya related to me from Malik from Da'ud ibn al-Husayn that Abu Sufyan, the mawla of 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, stood up and completed what remained of the prayer, and then, remaining sitting after saying the taslim, he made two prostrations

وحدثني عن مالك، عن داود بن الحصين، عن ابي سفيان، مولى ابن ابي احمد انه قال سمعت ابا هريرة، يقول صلى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم صلاة العصر فسلم في ركعتين فقام ذو اليدين فقال اقصرت الصلاة يا رسول الله ام نسيت فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " كل ذلك لم يكن " . فقال قد كان بعض ذلك يا رسول الله . فاقبل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم على الناس فقال " اصدق ذو اليدين " . فقالوا نعم . فقام رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فاتم ما بقي من الصلاة ثم سجد سجدتين بعد التسليم وهو جالس

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that Abu Bakr ibn Sulayman ibn Abi Hathma said, "I have heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed two rakas of one of the two day-ti me prayers, dhuhr or asr, 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 have not forgotten.' Dhu'shShamalayn said, 'It was certainly one of those, Messenger of 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

وحدثني عن مالك، عن ابن شهاب، عن ابي بكر بن سليمان بن ابي حثمة، قال بلغني ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ركع ركعتين من احدى صلاتى النهار - الظهر او العصر - فسلم من اثنتين فقال له ذو الشمالين اقصرت الصلاة يا رسول الله ام نسيت فقال له رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم " ما قصرت الصلاة وما نسيت " . فقال ذو الشمالين قد كان بعض ذلك يا رسول الله . فاقبل رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم على الناس فقال " اصدق ذو اليدين " . فقالوا نعم يا رسول الله . فاتم رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ما بقي من الصلاة ثم سلم

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al- Musayyab, and from Abu Salama ibn Abd ar-Rahman, the same as that. Malik said, "Every forgetfulness which decreases from the prayer, prostrations for it come before the greeting, and every forgetfulness which is an addition to the prayer, prostrations for it come after the greeting

وحدثني عن مالك، عن ابن شهاب، عن سعيد بن المسيب، وعن ابي سلمة بن عبد الرحمن، مثل ذلك . قال مالك كل سهو كان نقصانا من الصلاة فان سجوده قبل السلام وكل سهو كان زيادة في الصلاة فان سجوده بعد السلام

Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn Yasar that the 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, then pray a raka and make two prostrations from the sitting position before the taslim. If the raka that you prayed was the fifth, then you make it even by these two sajdas, and if it was the fourth, then the two prostrations spite Shaytan

حدثني يحيى، عن مالك، عن زيد بن اسلم، عن عطاء بن يسار، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " اذا شك احدكم في صلاته فلم يدر كم صلى اثلاثا ام اربعا فليصلي ركعة وليسجد سجدتين وهو جالس قبل التسليم فان كانت الركعة التي صلى خامسة شفعها بهاتين السجدتين وان كانت رابعة فالسجدتان ترغيم للشيطان

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, estimate what you think you have forgotten of the prayer and repeat it, then do the two sajdas of forgetfulness from the sitting position

وحدثني عن مالك، عن عمر بن محمد بن زيد، عن سالم بن عبد الله، ان عبد الله بن عمر، كان يقول اذا شك احدكم في صلاته فليتوخ الذي يظن انه نسي من صلاته فليصله ثم ليسجد سجدتى السهو وهو جالس

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 al Ahbar about someone who was uncertain in his prayer, and did not know whether he had prayed three or four rakas. Both of them said, 'He should pray another raka and then do two sajdas from the sitting position

وحدثني عن مالك، عن عفيف بن عمرو السهمي، عن عطاء بن يسار، انه قال سالت عبد الله بن عمرو بن العاص وكعب الاحبار عن الذي، يشك في صلاته فلا يدري كم صلى اثلاثا ام اربعا فكلاهما قال ليصلي ركعة اخرى ثم ليسجد سجدتين وهو جالس

Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar, when questioned about forgetfulness in the prayer, said, "If you think that you have forgotten part of the prayer, then pray it

وحدثني عن مالك، عن نافع، ان عبد الله بن عمر، كان اذا سيل عن النسيان، في الصلاة قال ليتوخ احدكم الذي يظن انه نسي من صلاته فليصله

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from al-Araj that Abdullah ibn Buhayna 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 prayerand 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

حدثني يحيى، عن مالك، عن ابن شهاب، عن الاعرج، عن عبد الله ابن بحينة، انه قال صلى لنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ركعتين ثم قام فلم يجلس فقام الناس معه فلما قضى صلاته ونظرنا تسليمه كبر ثم سجد سجدتين وهو جالس قبل التسليم ثم سلم

Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Abd ar- Rahman ibn Hurmuz that Abdullah ibn Buhayna said, "The Messengerof Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed dhuhr with us and he stood straight up after two rakas without 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 head from ruku, remembered that he had already completed (his prayer), "He returns to 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

وحدثني عن مالك، عن يحيى بن سعيد، عن عبد الرحمن بن هرمز، عن عبد الله ابن بحينة، انه قال صلى لنا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم الظهر فقام في اثنتين ولم يجلس فيهما فلما قضى صلاته سجد سجدتين ثم سلم بعد ذلك

Yahya related to me from Malik from AIqama ibn Abi AIqama from his mother that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Abu Jahm ibn Hudhayfa gave the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him 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 lookedat its stripes in the prayer and they almost distracted me

حدثني يحيى، عن مالك، عن علقمة بن ابي علقمة، عن امه، ان عايشة، زوج النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قالت اهدى ابو جهم بن حذيفة لرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم خميصة شامية لها علم فشهد فيها الصلاة فلما انصرف قال " ردي هذه الخميصة الى ابي جهم فاني نظرت الى علمها في الصلاة فكاد يفتنني

Malik related to me from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, wore a fine striped garment f rom Syria, and then gave it to Abu Jahm and took a plain, rough, garment in return. Abu Jahm asked, "Messenger of Allah! Why?" He said, "I looked at its stripes in the prayer

وحدثني مالك، عن هشام بن عروة، عن ابيه، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لبس خميصة شامية لها علم ثم اعطاها ابا جهم واخذ من ابي جهم انبجانية له فقال يا رسول الله ولم فقال " اني نظرت الى علمها في الصلاة

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. The sight was pleasing to him and he let his eyes follow the bird for a time and then he went back to his prayer but could not remember how much he had prayed. He said, "A trial has befallen me in this property of mine." So he came to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and mentioned the trial that had happened to him in his garden and said, "Messenger of Allah, it is a sadaqa for Allah, so dispose of it wherever you wish

وحدثني مالك، عن عبد الله بن ابي بكر، ان ابا طلحة الانصاري، كان يصلي في حايطه فطار دبسي فطفق يتردد يلتمس مخرجا فاعجبه ذلك فجعل يتبعه بصره ساعة ثم رجع الى صلاته فاذا هو لا يدري كم صلى فقال لقد اصابتني في مالي هذا فتنة . فجاء الى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فذكر له الذي اصابه في حايطه من الفتنة وقال يا رسول الله هو صدقة لله فضعه حيث شيت

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 season and the palms' branches were weighed down with fruit on all sides. He looked at 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 property of mine." So he went toUthman ibn Affan, who was the khalifa at the 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

وحدثني عن مالك، عن عبد الله بن ابي بكر، ان رجلا، من الانصار كان يصلي في حايط له بالقف - واد من اودية المدينة - في زمان الثمر والنخل قد ذللت فهي مطوقة بثمرها فنظر اليها فاعجبه ما راى من ثمرها ثم رجع الى صلاته فاذا هو لا يدري كم صلى فقال لقد اصابتني في مالي هذا فتنة . فجاء عثمان بن عفان - وهو يوميذ خليفة - فذكر له ذلك وقال هو صدقة فاجعله في سبل الخير . فباعه عثمان بن عفان بخمسين الفا فسمي ذلك المال الخمسين