Malik Muwatta

Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Dinar from Abdullah ibn Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "If a man says to his muslim brother, 'O kafir!' it is true about one of them."

Malik related to me from Suhayl ibn Abu Salih from his father from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "When you hear a man say, 'The people are ruined,' he himself is the most ruined of them all."

Malik related to me from Abu 'z-Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Let none of you complain about time, for Allah is time.'

Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said that Isa ibn Maryam encountered a pig on the road. He said to it, "Go in peace." Somebody asked, "Do you say this to a pig?" Isa said, "I fear lest I accustom my tongue to evil speech."

Malik related to me from Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Alqama from his father from Bilal ibn al-Harith al-Muzani that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "A man speaks what is pleasing to Allah and he does not suspect that it will have the result that it does, and Allah will write for him His good pleasure for it until the day when he meets Him. And a man speaks what excites the wrath of Allah and he does not suspect that it will have the result that it does, and Allah will write His wrath for him for it until the day when he meets Him."

Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Dinar that Abu Salih as- Samman informed him that Abu Hurayra said, "Truly a man utters words to which he attaches no importance, and by them he falls into the fire of Jahannam, and truly a man utters words to which he attaches no importance, and by them Allah raises him into the Garden."

Malik related to me from Zayd ibn Aslam that Abdullah ibn Umar said, "Two men from the east stood up and spoke, and people were amazed at their eloquence. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, 'Some eloquence is sorcery,' or he said, 'Part of eloquence is sorcery.' "

Malik related to me that he heard that Isa ibn Maryam used to say, "Do not speak much without the mention of Allah for you will harden your hearts. A hard heart is far from Allah, but you do not know. Do not look at the wrong actions of people as if you were lords. Look at your wrong actions as if you were slaves. Some people are afflicted by wrong action and some people are protected from it. Be merciful to the people of affliction and praise Allah for His protection."

Malik related to me that he heard that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ) sent a message to one of her family after the evening prayer, saying, "Will you not allow the recording angel to rest?"

Malik related to me from al-Walid ibn Abdullah ibn Sayyad that al-Muttalib ibn Abdullah ibn Hantab al-Makhzumi informed him that a man asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) "What is backbiting?" The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "It is to mention about a man what he does not want to hear." He said, "Messenger of Allah! Even if it is true?" The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "If you utter something false, then it is slander."