Yahya said that he heard Malik say, "What is done in our
community about some one who gives a gift not intending a reward is
that he calls witnesses to it. It is affirmed for the one to whom it
has been given unless the giver dies before the one to whom it was
given receives the gift."
He said, "If the giver wants to
keep the gift after he has had it witnessed, he cannot. If the
recipient claims it from him, he takes it."
Malik said, "If
some one gives a gift and then withdraws it and the recipient brings a
witness to testify for him that he was given the gift, be it goods,
gold, silver or animals, the recipient is made to take an oath. If he
refuses, the giver is made to take an oath. If he also refuses to take
an oath, he gives to the recipient what he claims from him if he has
at least one witness. If he does not have a witness, he has nothing .
"
Malik said, "If someone gives a gift not expecting anything
in return and then the recipient dies, the heirs are in his place. If
the giver dies before the recipient has received his gift, the
recipient has nothing. That is because he was given a gift which he
did not take possession of. If the giver wants to keep it, and he has
called witnesses to the gift, he cannot do that. If the recipient
claims his right he takes it."
Muwatta Malik Book 36, Hadith 57
Yahya related to me from Malik from Abdullah ibn Dinar from
Abdullah ibn Umar that a man mentioned to the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, that he was always being cheated
in business transactions. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "When you enter a transaction, say, 'No
trickery.' So whenever that man entered a transaction, he would say,
'No trickery.' "
Muwatta Malik Book 31, Hadith 99
An Ansari man, called Abu Shu'aib, came and told his butcher slave, "Prepare meals sufficient for five
persons, for I want to invite the Prophet (ﷺ) along with four other persons as I saw signs of hunger on his
face." Abu Shu'aib invited them and another person came along with them. The Prophet (ﷺ) said (to Abu
Shu'aib), This man followed us, so if you allow him, he will join us, and if you want him to return, he
will go back." Abu Shu'aib said, "No, I have allowed him (i.e. he, too, is welcomed to the meal).
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 34, Hadith 34
that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out to Ubayy bin Ka'b, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "O Ubayy!" And he was performing Salat, so Ubayy turned around but he did not respond to him, so Ubayy finished his Salat quickly. Then he turned to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said: 'As-Salamu 'Alaikum, O Messenger of Allah!' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Wa 'Alaikum As-Salam - what prevented you from responding to me when I called you Ubayy?' He said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I was performing Salat.' So he said: 'Do you not find among what Allah revealed to me: Respond to Allah and to the Messenger when they call you to what gives you life?' He said: 'Of course, I shall not repeat that, if Allah wills.' He said: 'Would you like for me to teach you a Surah the likes of which has neither been revealed in the Tawrah, nor the Injil, nor the Zabur, nor in the entire Quran?' He said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'What do you recite in your Salat?' He said: 'I recite Umm Al-Quran.' So the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! The like of it has neither been revealed in the Tawrah, nor the Injil nor the Zabur, nor in the Furqan. It is the seven oft-repeated, and the Magnificent Quran which I was given.'"
Jami` at-Tirmidhi Book 45, Hadith 1
We were at a place which was a thoroughfare for the people, and the caravans used to pass by us and
we would ask them, "What is wrong with the people? What is wrong with the people? Who is that
man?. They would say, "That man claims that Allah has sent him (as an Apostle), that he has been
divinely inspired, that Allah has revealed to him such-and-such." I used to memorize that (Divine)
Talk, and feel as if it was inculcated in my chest (i.e. mind) And the 'Arabs (other than Quraish)
delayed their conversion to Islam till the Conquest (of Mecca). They used to say." "Leave him (i.e.
Muhammad) and his people Quraish: if he overpowers them then he is a true Prophet. So, when
Mecca was conquered, then every tribe rushed to embrace Islam, and my father hurried to embrace
Islam before (the other members of) my tribe. When my father returned (from the Prophet) to his
tribe, he said, "By Allah, I have come to you from the Prophet (ﷺ) for sure!" The Prophet (ﷺ) afterwards said
to them, 'Offer such-and-such prayer at such-and-such time, and when the time for the prayer becomes
due, then one of you should pronounce the Adhan (for the prayer), and let the one amongst you who
knows Quran most should, lead the prayer." So they looked for such a person and found none who
knew more Quran than I because of the Quranic material which I used to learn from the caravans.
They therefore made me their Imam ((to lead the prayer) and at that time I was a boy of six or seven
years, wearing a Burda (i.e. a black square garment) proved to be very short for me (and my body
became partly naked). A lady from the tribe said, "Won't you cover the anus of your reciter for us?"
So they bought (a piece of cloth) and made a shirt for me. I had never been so happy with anything
before as I was with that shirt.
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 64, Hadith 335