Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Abi
Bakr ibn Hazm that in a letter that the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sent to
Amr ibn Hazm it said that no-one should touch the Qur'an
unless he was pure.
Malik said, "No-one should carry the Qur'an by its
strap, or on a cushion, unless he is pure. If it were
permissible to do so, it would also have been permissible
to carry it in its cover. This is not because there is
something on the hands of the one who carries it by which
the Qur'an will be soiled, but because it is disapproved
of for someone to carry the Qur'an without being pure out
of respect for the Qur'an, and in order to honour it."
Malik said, "The best thing that I have heard about
this is the ayat 'None touch it except the purified.' (Sura
56 ayat 79) It ranks with the ayat in Surat Abasa (Sura
80), where Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, says, 'No, it
is a reminder, and whoever wishes will remember it. Upon
honoured pages, exalted and purified, by the hands of
scribes, noble and obedient.' "
Section: Permission to Recite the Qur'an When Not in
Wudu
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ayyub ibn Abi
Tamima as-Sakhtayani from Muhammad ibn Sirin that Umar ibn
al-Khattab was with some people who were reciting Qur'an.
He went to relieve himself and then came back and recited
Qur'an. One of the men said to him, "Amir al muminin, are
you reciting the Qur'an without being in wudu?" Umar
replied, "Who gave you a verdict on this? Was it Musaylima?"'
Section: About the Division of the Qur'an into Sections
(Hizbs)
Yahya related to me from Malik from Dawud ibn al-Husayn
from al-Araj from Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abd al-Qari that Umar
ibn al Khattab said, "Whoever misses reading his hizb at
night and reads it from when the sun has passed the
meridian until the dhuhr prayer has not missed it, or it
is as if he has caught it."
Yahya related to me from Malik that Yahya ibn Said
said, "Once Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban and I were
sitting down, and Muhammad called a man over to him and
said to him, 'Tell me what you have heard from your
father.' The man replied that his father had told him that
he went to Zayd ibn Thabit and asked him, 'What do you
think of reciting the whole Qur'an in seven days?' Zayd
said, 'That's good, but I prefer to recite it in two
weeks, or ten days. Ask me why that is.' He said, 'I ask
you then.' Zayd said, 'So that I can reflect on it and
pause in it.' "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from
Urwa ibn az-Zubayr that Abd ar-Rahman ibn Abd al-Qari said
that he had heard Umar ibn al-Khattab say, "I heard Hisham
ibn Hakim ibn Hizam reciting Surat al-Furqan (Sura 25)
differently from me, and it was the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, who had recited
it to me. I was about to rush up to him but I granted him
a respite until he had finished his prayer. Then I grabbed
him by his cloak and took him to the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said,
'Messenger of Allah, I heard this man reciting Surat al-Furqan
differently from the way you recited it to me.' The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, 'Let him go.' Then he said, 'Recite, Hisham,'
and Hisham recited as I had heard him recite. The
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, 'It was sent down like that.' Then he said to
me, 'Recite' and I recited the sura, and he said, 'It was
sent down like that. This Qur'an was sent down in seven
(different) ways, so recite from it whatever is easy for
you .' "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah
ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "A man who knows the Qur'an
well is like a man who has a hobbled camel. If he takes
care of it, he keeps it, and if he lets it go, it gets
away."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa
from his father from A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, that al-Harith ibn
Hisham asked the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, "How does the revelation come to
you?" and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "Sometimes it comes to me like the
ringing of a bell, and that is the hardest for me, and
when it leaves me I remember what it has said. And
sometimes the angel appears to me in the likeness of a man
and talks to me and I remember what he says."
A'isha added, "I saw it coming down on him on an
intensely cold day, and when it had left him his forehead
was dripping with sweat."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa
that his father said that Abasa (Sura 80) was sent down
about Abdullah ibn Umm Maktum. He came to the Prophet, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, and began to say, "O
Muhammad, show me a place near you (where I can sit),"
whilst one of the leading men of the idol worshippers was
in audience with the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, began to turn away from him and give his
attention to the other man, and he said to him, "Father of
so-and-so, do you see any harm in what I am saying?" and
he said, "No, by the blood (of our sacrifices) I see no
harm in what you are saying." And Abasa - "He frowned and
turned away when the blind man came" - was sent down.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from
his father that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, was on one of his journeys, and
one night Umar ibn al-Khattab, who was travelling with
him, asked him about something, but he did not answer him.
He asked him again, but he did not answer him. Then he
asked him again, and again he did not answer him. Umar
said, "May your mother be bereaved of you, Umar. Three
times you have importuned the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, with a question and
he has not answered you at all."
Umar continued, "I got my camel moving until, when I
was in f ront of the people, I feared that a piece of
Qur'an was being sent down about me. It was not long
before I heard a crier calling for me, and I said that I
feared that a piece of Qur'an had been sent down about
me." He continued, "I came to the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, and said, 'Peace be
upon you' to him, and he said, 'A sura has been sent down
to me this night that is more beloved to me than anything
on which the sun rises.' Then he recited al-Fath (Sura
48).
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Harith at-Taymi from Abu
Salama ibn Abd ar Rahman that Abu Said said that he had
heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, say, "A group of people will appear among
you whose prayer, fasting and deeds will make you think
little of your own prayer, fasting and deeds. They will
recite the Qur'an, but it wil not get past their throats,
and they will pass through the deen like an arrow passes
through game. You look at the arrowhead, and you see
nothing, and you look at the shaft, and you see nothing,
and you look at the flights, and you see nothing. And you
are in doubt about the notch."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Yazid,
the mawla of al Aswad ibn Sufyan, from Abu Salama ibn Abd
ar Rahman that Abu Hurayra recited al-Inshiqaq (Sura 84)
to them and prostrated in it. When he had finished he told
them that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, had prostrated in it.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi, the mawla of
Ibn Umar that a man from Egypt told him that Umar ibn al-Khattab
recited Surat al-Hajj (Sura 22) and prostrated twice in
it, and then said, "This sura has been given special
preference by having two prostrations in it."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from al-Araj
that Umar ibn al Khattab recited Surat an-Najm (Sura 53)
and prostrated in it, and then got up and recited another
sura.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa
from his father that Umar ibn al-Khattab once recited a
piece of Qur'an requiring a prostration while he was on
the mimbar on the day of jumua, and he came down and
prostrated, and everyone prostrated with him. Then he
recited it again the next jumua and everybody prepared to
prostrate but he said, "At your ease. Allah has not
prescribed it for us, unless we wish." He did not
prostrate, and he stopped them from prostrating.
Malik said, "The imam does not come down and prostrate
when he recites a piece of Qur'an requiring a prostration
while he is on the mimbar."
Malik said, "The position with us is that there are
eleven prescribed prostrations in the Qur'an, none of
which are in the mufassal."
Malik said, "No-one should recite any of the pieces of
Qur'an that require a prostration after the prayers of
subh and asr. This is because the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade prayer after
subh until after the sun had risen, and after asr until
the sun had set, and prostration is part of the prayer. So
no-one should recite any piece of Qur'an requiring a
prostration during these two periods of time."
Malik was asked whether a menstruating woman could
prostrate if she heard some-one reciting a passage of
Qur'an requiring a prostration, and he said, "Neither a
man nor a woman should prostrate unless they are ritually
pure."
Malik was asked whether a man in the company of a woman
who was reciting a passage of Qur'an requiring a
prostration should prostrate with her, and he said, "He
does not have to prostrate with her. The prostration is
only obligatory for people who are with a man who is
leading them. He recites the piece and they prostrate with
him. Some one who hears a piece of Qur'an that requires a
prostration being recited by a man who is not leading him
in prayer does not have to do the prostration."
Section: About Reciting Surat al-Ikhlas and Surat al-Mulk
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abd ar-Rahman ibn
Abdullah ibn Sasaca from his father that Abu Said al-Khudri
heard a man reciting Surat al-Ikhlas (Sura 112), repeating
it over and over again. In the morning he went to the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, and mentioned it to him, as if he thought little of
it. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, "Bythe One in whose hand my self is, it
is equal to one third of the Qur'an."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ubaydullah ibn Abd
ar-Rahman that Ubayd ibn Hunayn, the mawla of the family
of Zayd ibn al Khattab, said that he had heard Abu Hurayra
say, "I was going along with the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, when he heard a man
reciting Surat al-Ikhlas (Sura 112). The Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'It
is obligatory,' and I asked him, 'What is, Messenger of
Allah?' and he said, 'The Garden.' I wanted to tell the
man the good news but I was afraid that I would miss the
midday meal with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, and I preferred to eat with the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace. When I went to the man afterwards I found that he
had gone."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab that
Humayd ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf had told him that Surat
al-Ikhlas (Sura 112) was equal to a third of the Qur'an,
and that Surat al-Mulk (Sura 67) pleaded for its owner.
Section: Dhikr (Remembrance) ofAllah, the Blessed and
Exalted
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 grant
him peace, said, "Whoever says 'There is no god but Allah,
alone, without any partner. The Kingdom and praise belong
to Him and He has power over everything' (La ilaha
illa'llah, wahdahu la sharika lah, lahu'l mulku wa lahu'l
hamd, wa huwa ala kulli shay'in qadir) one hundred times a
day, it is the same for him as freeing ten slaves. One
hundred good actions are written for him and one hundred
wrong actions are erased from him, and it is a protection
from Shaytan for that day until the night. No-one does
anything more excellent than what he does except someone
who does more than that."
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 grant
him peace, said, "Whoever says, 'Glory be to Allah and
with His praise' (Subhana'llah wa bi-hamdihi) one hundred
times in a day will have his wrong actions taken away from
him, even if they are as abundant as the foam on the sea."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Ubayd, the
mawla of Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik, from Ata ibn Yazid al-Laythi
that Abu Hurayra said, "Whoever says 'Glory be to Allah' (Subhana'llah)
thirty-three times and 'Allah is Greater' (Allahu akbar)
thirty-three times and 'Praise be to Allah' (al-hamdu
lillah) thirty-three times, and seals the hundred with
'There is no god but Allah, alone without any partner. The
Kingdom and praise belong to Him and He has power over
everything' (La ilaha illa'llah, wahdahu la sharika lah,
lahu'l mulku wa lahu'l hamd, wa huwa ala kulli shay'in
qadir) after every prayer will have his wrong actions
forgiven him even if they are abundant as the foam on the
sea."
Yahya related to me from Malik that Umara ibn Sayyad
had heard Said ibn al Musayyab say about abiding good
deeds that they were a slave's saying 'Allah is greater' (Allahu
akbar) and 'Glory be to Allah' (Subahana'llah) and 'Praise
be to Allah' (al-hamdu lillah) and 'There is no god but
Allah and there is no power and no strength except by
Allah.'
La ilaha illa'llah wa la hawla wa la quwwata illa
bi'llah.
Yahya related to me from Malik that Ziyad ibn Abi Ziyad
said that Abu'd-Darda had said, "Shall I not tell you the
best of your deeds, and those that give you the highest
rank, and those that are the purest with your King, and
are better for you than giving gold and silver, and better
for you than meeting your enemy and striking their necks?"
They said, "Of course." He said, "Remembrance (dhikr) of
Allah ta ala."
Malik related to me from Nuaym ibn Abdullah ibn al-Mujmir
from AIi ibn Yahya az-Zuraqi from his father that Rifaa
ibn Rafi said, "One day we were praying behind the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, when the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, raised his head from ruku and said,
'Allah hears the one who praises Him' (Sami Allahu liman
hamidah). A man behind him said, 'Our Lord, praise belongs
to you - blessed, pure and abundant praise' (Rabbana wa
laka'l hamd kathiran tayiban mubarakan fihi). When the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, had finished, he said, 'Who was it who spoke just
now?' The man said, 'I did, Messenger of Allah,' and the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, 'I saw more than thirty angels rushing to it
to see which one of them would record it first.' "
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, "Every prophet
is given a supplication (dua), and I wish to preserve my
dua as intercession for my community in the next world.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that
he had heard that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, used to say the following dua, "O
Allah, it is You who makes the dawn break and makes the
night a time for rest and appoints the sun and moon to
reckon by. Relieve me of debt and enrich me from poverty
and let me enjoy my hearing, my sight and my strength in
Your way."
Allahumma faliqa'l isbah, wa ja ila'l-layli sakana,
wa'sh-shamsi wa'l-qamari husbana. Iqda anniy addayna,
wa'ghnaniy mina'l faqr. Na'mti aniy bi samiy wa basariy,
wa quwwatiy fi sabilik.
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 you are
making dua do not say; 'O Allah, forgive me if You wish. O
Allah, forgive me if you wish.' You should be firm in your
asking, for there is no compelling Him."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu
Ubayd, the mawla of Ibn Azhar, from Abu Hurayra that the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "You will be answered as long as you are not
impatient and say, 'I have made a dua and I have not been
answered .' "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Abu
Abdullah al-Agharr and from Abu Salama from Abu Hurayra
that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, "Our Lord, the Blessed and Exalted,
descends every night to the heaven of this world when the
last third of the night is still to come and says, 'Who
will call on Me so that I may answer him? Who will ask Me
so that I may give him? Who will ask forgiveness of Me so
that I may forgive him?' "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from
Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Harith at-Taymi that A'isha,
umm al-muminin said, "I was sleeping by the side of the
Messenger of Allah, mayAllah bless him and grant him
peace, and I missed him in the night, so I felt for him
with my hand and I put my hand on his feet and he was in
sajda saying, 'I seek refuge in Your pleasure from Your
wrath, and in Your pardon from Your punishment, and in You
from You. I cannot enumerate Your praises as You praise
Yourself.' "
Audhu bi ridaka min sakhatika, wa bi muafatika min
uqubatika wa bika minka, la uhsiy thana'an alayka, anta
kama athnayta ala nafsika.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ziyad ibn Abi Ziyad
from Talha ibn Ubaydullah ibn Kariz that the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The
best dua is dua on the day of Arafa, and the best thing
that I or the Prophets before me have said is 'There is no
god but Allah, alone, without any partner' (La ilaha
illa'llah, wahdahu la sharika lah.)"
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'zZubayr al-Makki
from Tawus al-Yamani from Abdullah ibn Abbas that the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, used to teach this dua in the same way that he
would teach them a sura of the Qur'an, "O Allah, I seek
refuge in You from the torment of Jahannam, and I seek
refuge in You from the trial of the Dajjal, and I seek
refuge in You from the trial of life and death."
Allahumma inniy audhu bika min adhabi jahannama, wa
audhu bika min adhabi'l-qabri, wa audhu bika min
fitnati'l-mahya wa mamati.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z Zubayr al-Makki
from Tawus al-Yamani from Abdullah ibn Abbas that the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, used to say, when he rose for prayer in the middle
of the night, "O Allah, praise belongs to You. You are the
light of the heavens and the earth and praise belongs
toYou.You are the Sustainer of the heavens and the earth
and praise belongs to You. You are the Lord of the heavens
and the earth and whoever is in them. You are the Truth,
and Your words are true. Your promise is true, and the
meeting with You is true. The Garden is true and the Fire
is true and the Hour is true. O Allah, I submit toYou and
I accept You and I trust in You and I turn to You and I
argue by You and I summon toYou for judgement. Forgive me
what I have sent before me and what I have left behind,
what I have kept secret and what I have proclaimed, You
are my god - there is no god but You."
Allahumma laka'l-hamdu anta nuru's-samawati wa'l-ardi,
wa laka'l-hamdu anta qayamu's-Samawati wa'l-ardi, wa
laka'l-hamdu anta rabbu's-Samawati
wa'l-ardi,wamanfihina.Anta'l-haqqu,waqawluka'lhaqqu, wa
waduka'l-haqqu, wa liqa'uka haqqun, wa jannatu haqqun, wa
naru haqqun, wa sactu haqqun. Allahumma laka aslamtu, wa
bikaamantu, waalayka tawakaltu, wa ilayka anabtu, wa bika
khasamtu, wa ilayka hakamtu, fa'ghfirliy ma qadamtu wa
akhartu wa asrartu, wa alantu. Anta ilahiy, la ilaha illa
ant.
Yahya related to me from Malik that Abdullah ibn
Abdullah ibn Jabir ibn Atik said that Abdullah ibn Umar
had come to them in Bani Muawiya, one of the villages of
the Ansar, and said, "Do you know where the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, prayed in
this mosque of yours? "I told him, "Yes," and I pointed
out a place near where he was. He said, "Do you know the
three things for which he made dua here?" I said "Yes." He
said, "Tell me them then." I said, "He asked that He would
not make an enemy from among the non-believers triumph
over the believers and that He would not destroy the
believers by bad harvests, and he was given both these
things. And he asked that He would not make the believers
fight among themselves, and that was refused." Ibn Umar
said, "You have told the truth," and he added, "Turmoil
will not cease until the day of rising."
Yahya related to me from Malik that Zayd ibn Aslam used
to say, "No-one makes a dua without one of three things
happening. Either it is answered, or it is stored up for
him, or wrong actions are atoned for by it."
Yahya related to me from Malik that Abdullah ibn Dinar
said, "Abdullah ibn Umar saw me when I was making dua and
I was pointing with two fingers, one from each hand, and
he forbade me."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said that
Said ibn al-Musayyab used to say, "A man is raised by the
dua of his son after his death." He spoke with his hands
turned upwards, and then lifted them up.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa
that his father said, "The following ayat was sent down
about dua - 'And do not be loud in your prayer and do not
be silent in it, but seek a way between these.' " (Sura 17
ayat 110)
Yahya said that Malik was asked about making dua in
obligatory prayers and he said, "There is no harm in
making dua in them."
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, used to make dua saying, "O Allah, I askYou for
good actions and for leaving what is disapproved of and
for love of the poor. And if You wish to try people, then
bring me to You without being tried."
Allahumma inniy asa'luka fala'l-khayrati, wa
tarqa'l-munqarati, wa hubba'l-masakin, wa idha aradta
fi'n-nasi fitnatan fa'qbithni ilayka ghayra maftun.
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, said, "No one calls to guidance without having the
same reward as those who follow him without diminishing
their rewards at all. And no one calls to error without
having the same burdens as they do without diminishing
their burdens at all."
Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that
Abu'd-Darda used to rise in the middle of the night and
say, "Eyes have slept, and stars have set, and You are the
Living and Self Subsistent."
Namat'l uyun wa ghariti'n-nujum wa anta'lhayyu-l-qayyum.
Section: Forbidding Prayer After Subh and After Asr
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from
Ata ibn Yasar from Abdullah as-Sunabihi that the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
"The sun rises and with it is a horn of Shaytan and when
the sun gets higher the horn leaves it. Then when the sun
reaches the meridian the horn joins it and when the sun
declines the horn leaves it, and when the sun has nearly
set it joins it again." The Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, forbade prayer at these
times.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa
that his father said that the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to say, "Delay
the prayer when the edge of the sun appears until it is
completely in view, and delay the prayer when the edge of
the sun is disappearing until it has completely
disappeared."
Yahya related to me from Malik that al-Ala ibn Abd
ar-Rahman said, "We visited Anas ibn Malik after dhuhr and
he stood up and prayed asr. When he had finished his
prayer, we mentioned doing prayers early in their time, or
he mentioned it, and he said that he had heard the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, say, the prayer of the hypocrites, the prayer of
the hypocrites, the prayer of the hypocrites is that one
of them sits until the sun becomes yellow and is between
the horns of Shaytan, or on the horn of Shaytan, and then
gets up and rattles off four rakas, hardly remembering
Allah in them at all.' "
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi from Abdullah
ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "You should not intend to pray
either at sunrise or sunset."
Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn Yahya
ibn Habban from al Araj from Abu Hurayra that the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, forbade prayer after asr until the sun had set, and
prayer after subh until the sun had risen.
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar
from Abdullah ibn Umar that Umar ibn al-Khattab used to
say, "Do not intend to do your prayer at either sunrise or
sunset, for the horns of Shaytan rise with the rising of
the sun and set with its setting."