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Summary
A saying of Malik: the matter among us on which there is no dispute is that seclusion is not disliked in any mosque where the congregational prayer is held; and it has been seen as disliked in mosques where the congregational prayer is not held, lest the one in seclusion leave his mosque for the Friday prayer or abandon it. But if a mosque does not hold the Friday prayer and its keeper is not obliged to attend the Friday prayer in another mosque, there is no harm in seclusion there, because of God's words: while you are in seclusion in the mosques (Al-Baqara Al-Baqara 187); God made all mosques general. The editor notes that Abu Musab (862), Suwayd and al-Shaybani (379) transmitted it from Malik. 1
Place in the museum
Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Seclusion (itikaf). Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Malik ibn Anas. Built on in the chapters on seclusion (itikaf).
Connections
- Part of
- Muwatta, Book of Seclusion (i'tikaf)
- Mentions
- Malik ibn Anas
- Related to
- Qur'an 2:187
- Basis for
- I'tikaf (retreat in the mosque)
People and things also explored
Muwatta 868· Muwatta 869· Muwatta 870· Muwatta 872· Muwatta 873· Muwatta 874· Muwatta 875· Muwatta 876
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.420
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 871”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-5-871/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.