Malik related to me that the generally agreed on way of doing
things amongst the community about an accident is that there is no
blood-money until the victim is better. If a man's bone, either a
hand, or a foot, or another part of his body, is broken accidentally
and it heals and becomes sound and returns to its form, there is no
blood-money for it. If the limb is impaired or there is a scar on it,
there is blood-money for it according to the extent that it is
impaired.
Malik said, "If that part of the body has a
specific blood-money mentioned by the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, it is according to what the Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, specified. If it is part of what does not
have a specific blood-money for it mentioned by the Prophet, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, and if there is no previous sunna about
it or specific blood-money, one uses ijtihad about it."
Malik
said, "There is no blood-money for an accidental bodily injury when
the wound heals and returns to its form. If there is any scar or mark
in that, ijtihad is used about it except for the belly-wound. There is
a third of the blood-money of a life for it. "
Malik said,
"There is no blood-money for the wound which splinters a bone in the
body, and it is like the wound to the body which lays bare the bone."
Malik said, "The generally agreed on way of doing things in
our community is that when the doctor performs a circumcision and cuts
off the glans, he must pay the full blood-money. That is because it is
an accident which the tribe is responsible for, and the full blood
money is payable for all that in which a doctor errs or exceeds, when
it is not intentional."
Muwatta Malik Book 43, Hadith 7
Yahya related to me from Malik from Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Habban
and from Abu'z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, forbade mulamasa
and munabadha.
Malik said, "Mulamasa is when a man can feel a
garment but is not allowed to unfold it or examine what is in it, or
he buys by night and does not know what is in it. Munabadha is that a
man throws his garment to another, and the other throws his garment
without either of them making any inspection. Each of them says, 'this
is for this. 'This is what is forbidden of mulamasa and munabadha."
Malik said that selling bundles with a list of their contents
was different from the sale of the cloak concealed in a bag or the
cloth folded up and such things. What made it different was that it
was a common practice and it was what people were familiar with, and
what people had done in the past, and it was still among the permitted
transactions and trading of people in which they saw no harm because
in the sale of bundles with a list of contents without undoing them,
an uncertain transaction was not intended and it did not resemble
mulamasa.
Muwatta Malik Book 31, Hadith 76
A man praised another man in front of the Prophet (ﷺ) . The Prophet (ﷺ) said to him, "Woe to you, you have
cut off your companion's neck, you have cut off your companion's neck," repeating it several times
and then added, "Whoever amongst you has to praise his brother should say, 'I think that he is so and
so, and Allah knows exactly the truth, and I do not confirm anybody's good conduct before Allah, but
I think him so and so,' if he really knows what he says about him."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 52, Hadith 26
I said: Messenger of Allah, I set off trained dogs and they catch for me (the game) and I recite the name of Allah over it (I slaughter the game by reciting Bismillah-i-Allah-o-Akbar), whereupon he said: When you set off your trained dogs, if you recited the name of Allah (while setting them off), then eat (the game). I said: Even if they (the trained dogs) kill that (the game)? He (the Holy Prophet) said: Even if these kill, but (on the condition) that no other dog, which you did not set off (along with your dogs), participates (in catching the game). I said to him: I throw Mi'rad, a heavy featherless blunt arrow, for hunting and killing (the game). Thereupon he said: When you throw Mi'rad, and it pierces, then eat, but if it falls flatly (and beats the game to death), then do not eat that.
Sahih Muslim Book 34, Hadith 1
The People of Kufa complained against Sa`d to `Umar and the latter dismissed him and appointed
`Ammar as their chief . They lodged many complaints against Sa`d and even they alleged that he did
not pray properly. `Umar sent for him and said, "O Aba 'Is-haq! These people claim that you do not
pray properly." Abu 'Is-haq said, "By Allah, I used to pray with them a prayer similar to that of Allah's
Apostle and I never reduced anything of it. I used to prolong the first two rak`at of `Isha prayer and
shorten the last two rak`at." `Umar said, "O Aba 'Is-haq, this was what I thought about you." And then
he sent one or more persons with him to Kufa so as to ask the people about him. So they went there
and did not leave any mosque without asking about him. All the people praised him till they came to
the mosque of the tribe of Bani `Abs; one of the men called Usama bin Qatada with a surname of Aba
Sa`da stood up and said, "As you have put us under an oath; I am bound to tell you that Sa`d never
went himself with the army and never distributed (the war booty) equally and never did justice in legal
verdicts." (On hearing it) Sa`d said, "I pray to Allah for three things: O Allah! If this slave of yours is
a liar and got up for showing off, give him a long life, increase his poverty and put him to trials." (And
so it happened). Later on when that person was asked how he was, he used to reply that he was an old
man in trial as the result of Sa`d's curse. `Abdul Malik, the sub narrator, said that he had seen him
afterwards and his eyebrows were overhanging his eyes owing to old age and he used to tease and
assault the small girls in the way.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 10, Hadith 149
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered the mosque and a person also entered therein and offered prayer, and then came and paid salutation to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). The Mes- senger of Allah (ﷺ) returned his salutation and said: Go back and pray, for you have not offered the prayer. He again prayed as he had prayed before, and came to the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon. him) and saluted him. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) returned the salutation and said: Go back and say prayer, for you have not offered the prayer. This (act of repeating the prayer) was done three times. Upon this the person said: By Him Who hast sent you with Truth, whatever better I can do than this, please teach me. He (the Holy Prophet) said: When you get up to pray, recite takbir, and then recite whatever you conveniently can from the Quran, then bow down and remain quietly in that position, then raise your- self and stand erect; then prostrate yourself and remain quietly in that attitude; then raise yourself and sit quietly; and do that throughout all your prayers.
Sahih Muslim Book 4, Hadith 47
I met Bilal, the Mu'adhdhin of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) at Aleppo, and said: Bilal, tell me, what was the financial position of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?
He said: He had nothing. It was I who managed it on his behalf since the day Allah made him Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) until he died. When a Muslim man came to him and he found him naked, he ordered me (to clothe him). I would go, borrow (some money), and purchase a cloak for him. I would then clothe him and feed him.
A man from the polytheists met me and said: I am well off, Bilal. Do not borrow money from anyone except me. So I did accordingly. One day when I performed ablution and stood up to make call to prayer, the same polytheist came along with a body of merchants.
When he saw me, he said: O Abyssinian. I said: I am at your service. He met me with unpleasant looks and said harsh words to me. He asked me: Do you know how many days remain in the completion of this month? I replied: The time is near. He said: Only four days remain in the completion of this month. I shall then take that which is due from you (i.e. loan), and then shall return you to tend the sheep as you did before. I began to think in my mind what people think in their minds (on such occasions). When I offered the night prayer, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) returned to his family. I sought permission from him and he gave me permission.
I said: Messenger of Allah, may my parents be sacrificed for you, the polytheist from whom I used to borrow money said to me such-and-such. Neither you nor I have anything to pay him for me, and he will disgrace me. So give me permission to run away to some of those tribes who have recently embraced Islam until Allah gives His Apostle (ﷺ) something with which he can pay (the debt) for me. So I came out and reached my house. I placed my sword, waterskin (or sheath), shoes and shield near my head. When dawn broke, I intended to be on my way.
All of a sudden I saw a man running towards me and calling: Bilal, return to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). So I went till I reached him. I found four mounts kneeling on the ground with loads on them. I sought permission.
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me: Be glad, Allah has made arrangements for the payment (of your debt). He then asked: Have you not seen the four mounts kneeling on the ground?
I replied: Yes. He said: You may have these mounts and what they have on them. There are clothes and food on them, presented to me by the ruler of Fadak. Take them away and pay off your debt. I did so.
He then mentioned the rest of the tradition. I then went to the mosque and found that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was sitting there. I greeted him.
He asked: What benefit did you have from your property? I replied: Allah Most High paid everything which was due from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Nothing remains now.
He asked: Did anything remain (from that property)? I said: Yes. He said: Look, if you can give me some comfort from it, for I shall not visit any member of my family until you give me some comfort from it. When the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) offered the night prayer, he called me and said: What is the position of that which you had with you (i.e. property)?
I said: I still have it, no one came to me. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed the night in the mosque.
He then narrated the rest of the tradition. Next day when he offered the night prayer, he called me and asked: What is the position of that which you had (i.e. the rest of the property)?
I replied: Allah has given you comfort from it, Messenger of Allah. He said: Allah is Most Great, and praised Allah, fearing lest he should die while it was with him. I then followed him until he came to his wives and greeted each one of them and finally he came to his place where he had to pass the night. This is all for which you asked me.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 20, Hadith 128