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The dog

الكلب

In the hadith the dog belongs to hunting, the herd and the field; the Prophet ﷺ forbade its price, and whoever keeps a dog — except a hunting, herding or farm dog — loses two qirats of reward each day; the rabid dog may be killed even in ihram.

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Muwatta 1918· Muwatta 1919· Muwatta 2778· Muwatta 1027

People and things also explored

Malik ibn Anas· Muwatta, Book of Sales (buyu')· Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab· The crow· The kite· The mouse· The scorpion and the five pests· Muwatta, Book of Pilgrimage (hajj)

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  • Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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Malik ibn Anas

Imam of Medina and author of the Muwatta; born in Medina, he studied with its scholars and taught there until his death in 179 AH. The Maliki school of law bears his name. The Encyclopaedia of Islam says the date of his birth is not known, the proposed dates ranging between 90 and 97 AH, and that he died in Medina in 179 AH and was buried in al-Baqi. It describes the Muwatta as the earliest surviving Muslim law book after the legal corpus of Zayd ibn Ali, and says the few certain facts of his life are buried under legends.