Muwatta Malik (USC-MSA) ⓘ

According to Islamic tradition, this hadith collection was compiled by Muwatta Imam Malik ibn Anas (711-795 AD), a native of Medina in modern-day Saudi Arabia. Traditionally, this collection contains 1,7250 hadith reports, compiled over forty years, based on the examination of over 100,000 narrations. Its title (muwatta) reflects its being 'easy for the people.' This is regarded as the earliest hadith collection, but unusually combines sayings of the Prophet (Marfūʿ) with sayings of his companions (Mawquf) and of successors (maqtu‘). This collection was compiled at the request of Caliph al-Mansur (714-775) to provide an authoritative collection and resolve disputes between competing Islamic factions. Imam Al Shafi`i (d.820) said of this collection, "there is not on the face of the earth a book – after the Book of Allah – which is more authentic than the book of Malik.

Each collection of Hadith are indexed under various different reference systems. Below are links according to the 'USC-MSA' reference system, see also 'In-Book'.