كتاب القرآنThe Qur'an

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.' "

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?"'

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 front 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 that he had heard that it took

Abdullah ibn Umar eight years to learn Surat al-Baqara. (Sura 2)

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 that Abdullah ibn Dinar said, "I

saw Abdullah ibn Umar prostrate twice in Surat al-Hajj (Sura 22)."

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."

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.

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, hamdan 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 Abdullah

ibn Umar said, "O Allah, make me one of the leaders of the people of

taqwa ."

Allahumma jalniy min a'imati'l-mutaqin.

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.

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."

Umar used to beat people for that kind of prayer.

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from as-Sa'ib ibn

Yazid that he saw Umar ibn al-Khattab beating al-Munkadir for praying

after asr.