The Muwatta of Imam Malik has a place amongst the
hadith scholars of this ummah beside Imam Bukhari's Sahih
and Imam Muslim's Sahih (Hujjat Allah al-Balighah,
Shah Wali Allah ad-Dehlawi).
Section: The Du`a
for Madina and Its People
Book 45, Number 45.1.1:
Yahya ibn Yahya related to me from Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Abi
Talha al-Ansari from Anas ibn Malik that the Messenger of Allah,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "O Allah!
Bless
them in their measure, and bless them in their sa and mudd."
He
meant the people of Madina.
Section: Residing in Madina and Leaving It
Book 45, Number 45.2.3:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Qatan ibn Wahb ibn Umayr ibn
al-Ajda that Yuhannas, the mawla of az-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam
informed him that he was sitting with Abdullah ibn Umar during
the
troubles (at the time of al-Hajaj ibn Yusuf) . A female mawla
of
his came and greeted him. She said, "I want to leave, Abu
Abd
ar-Rahman. The time is harsh for us." Abdullah ibn Umar said
to
her, "Sit down, O you with little knowledge, for I have
heard the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say,
'No one will be patient in hunger and hardship in it (Madina)
except that I will be a witness or intercede for him on the Day
of
Rising.' "
Book 45, Number 45.2.5:
Malik related to me that Yahya ibn Said said, "I heard
Abu'l-Hubab
Said ibn Yasar say that he heard Abu Hurayra say that he heard
the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say,
'I was ordered to a town which will eat up towns. They used to
say, 'Yathrib,' but it is Madina. It removes the bad people like
the blacksmith's furnace removes impurities from the iron.'
"
Book 45, Number 45.2.6:
Malik related to me from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father that the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said,
"No one leaves Madina preferring to live elsewhere, but that
Allah
will give it better than him in place of him ."
Book 45, Number 45.2.7:
Malik related to me from Hisham ibn Urwa from his father from
Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr that Sufyan ibn Abi Zuhayr said, "I
heard
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
say, 'Yemen will be conquered and the people will be attracted to
it, taking their families and whoever obeys them. Madina would
have been better for them, had they but known. Ash-Sham will be
conquered and people will be attracted to it, taking their
families and whoever obeys them. Madina would have been better
for
them, had they but known. Iraq will be conquered and people will
be attracted to it, taking their families and whoever obeys them.
Madina would have been better for them, had they but known.'
"
Book 45, Number 45.2.9:
Malik related to me that he had heard that when Umar ibn Abd
al-Aziz left Madina, he turned towards it and wept. Then he said,
"O Muzahim! Do you fear that we might be among those that
Madina
casts off?"
Section: The Making a Haram of Madina
Book 45, Number 45.3.10:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Amr, the mawla of al-Muttalib
from Anas ibn Malik that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, saw Uhud and said, "This is a
mountain
which loves us and we love it. O Allah! Ibrahim made Makka Haram,
and I will make what is between the two tracts of black stones
(in
Madina) a Haram."
Section: The Epidemic of Madina
Book 45, Number 45.4.14:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his
father that A'isha, umm al-muminin said, "When the Messenger
of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came to Madina,
Abu Bakr and Bilal came down with a fever. I visited them and
said, 'Father, how are you? Bilal, how are you?'" She
continued,
"When Abu Bakr's fever worsened he would say, 'Every man is
struck
down among his people in the morning - death is nearer than the
strap of his sandal.'"
When it left Bilal, he raised his voice and said, 'Would that I
knew whether I will spend a night at the valley of Makka with the
idhkhir herb and jalil herb around me. Will I go one day to the
waters of Majinna? Will the mountains of Shama and Tafil appear
to
me?' " '
A'isha continued, "I went to the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah
bless him and grant him peace, and informed him. He said, 'O
Allah! Make us love Madina as much as we love Makka or even more.
Make it sound and bless us in our sa' and mudd. Remove its fever
and put it in al-Juhfa.' "
Book 45, Number 45.4.15:
Malik said that Yahya ibn Said had related to him that A'isha
said
that Amir ibn Fuhayra had said at the time of the epidemic,
"I
have seen death before tasting it, the coward's destination is
from above him."
Book 45, Number 45.4.16:
Yahya related to me from Malik from Nuaym ibn Abdullah al-Mujmir
that Abu Hurayra said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless
him and grant him peace, said, 'There are angels at the entries
of
Madina, and neither plague nor the Dajjal will enter it.' "