Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that Abd ar-
Rahman ibn Abi Bakr was visiting A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may
AIIah bless him and grant him peace, on the day that Sad ibn Abi
Waqqas died, and he asked for some water to do wudu. A'isha said to
him, ''Abd ar-Rahman! Perform your wudu fully, for I heard the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'Woe
to the heels in the fire.' "
Muwatta Malik Book 2, Hadith 5
Malik said, "No-one should carry the Quran 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 Quran will be soiled, but because it is disapproved of for someone to carry the Quran without being pure out of respect for the Quran, 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.' "
Muwatta Malik Book 15, Hadith 2
Yahya related to me from Malik from Zayd ibn Aslam from Ata ibn
Yasar that a certain man kissed his wife while he was fasting in
Ramadan. This made him very anxious, and so he sent his wife to the
Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to ask him about
that for him. She went in and saw Umm Salama, the wife of the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and mentioned the matter to
her, and Umm Salama told her that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, used to kiss while he was fasting. So
she went back and told her husband that, but it only made him find
fault all the more and he said, "We are not like the Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Allah makes
permissible for the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, whatever He wishes."
His wife then went back to
Umm Salama and found the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, with her. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, said, "What's the matter with this woman?", and
Umm Salama told him. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "Didn't you tell her that I do that myself?"
and she said, "I told her, and she went to her husband and told him,
but it only made him find fault all the more and say, 'We are not like
the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Allah
makes permissible for His Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, whatever He wishes.' " The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, got angry and said, "By Allah, I am the one
with the most taqwa of Allah of you all, and of you all the one who
best knows His limits."
Muwatta Malik Book 18, Hadith 14
`Uthman bin `Affan was afflicted with severe nose-bleeding in the year when such illness was
prevelant and that prevented him from performing Hajj, and (because of it) he made his will. A man
from Quraish came to him and said, "Appoint your successor." `Uthman asked, "Did the people name
him? (i.e. the successor) the man said, "Yes." `Uthman asked, "Who is that?" The man remained
silent. Another man came to `Uthman and I think it was Al-Harith. He also said, "Appoint your
successor." `Uthman asked, "Did the people name him?" The man replied "Yes." `Uthman said, "Who
is that?" The man remained silent. `Uthman said, "Perhaps they have mentioned Az-Zubair?" The man
said, "Yes." `Uthman said, "By Him in Whose Hands my life is, he is the best of them as I know, and
the dearest of them to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ."
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 62, Hadith 65
Malik related to me from AIqama ibn Abi Alqama that his mother
said that she had heard A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, say, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, rose one night and put on his clothes
and then went out. I ordered my slave-girl, Barira, to follow him, and
she followed him until he got to al-Baqi. He stood near it as long as
Allah willed and then he left. Barira arrived back before him and told
me and I did not say anything to him until morning, and then I
mentioned it to him and he explained, 'I was sent out to the people of
al-Baqi to pray for them.' "
Muwatta Malik Book 16, Hadith 58