Muwatta 636

Malik transmits from Yahya ibn Said, from al-Qasim ibn Muhammad, who said: a woman of mine died, and Muhammad ibn Kab al-Qurazi came to console me. He told me that there was a man among the Banu Israil, a jurist, learned, devout and striving, who had a wife he loved and admired. She died, and he grieved for her so much that he withdrew into a room, shut himself in, and veiled himself from people. A woman came to him saying she had a matter about which she wanted his ruling, which could only be answered face to face, and she kept at his door until he let her in. She said: I borrowed jewellery from a neighbour, which I wore and lent out for a time; then they asked for it back. Should I return it to them? He said: yes, by God. She said: it has stayed with me for a time. He said: that is more right, for you to return it to them. She said: will you grieve over what God lent you, and then He takes it from you, though He has more right to it than you? He saw what he was in, and God benefited him by her words. The editor notes that Abu Musab and Suwayd transmitted it from Malik. ¹

Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Funerals. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions al-Qasim ibn Muhammad, Muhammad ibn Kab al-Qurazi, Yahya ibn Said al-Ansari, the Banu Israil. Built on in the chapters on reckoning with God (ihtisab) and patience.