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Chain of transmission
Summary
Malik transmits from Yahya ibn Said that a man asked Umar ibn al-Khattab (may God be pleased with him) about a locust he killed while in ihram; Umar said to Kab: come, let us judge. Kab said: a dirham. Umar said to Kab: you find the dirhams; a date is better than a locust. 1
Place in the museum
Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Pilgrimage (hajj). Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Yahya ibn Said ibn Qays al-Ansari, Umar ibn al-Khattab, Kab al-Ahbar. Built on in the chapters on expiation (kaffara) and the state of ihram.
Connections
People and things also explored
Muwatta 1011· Muwatta 1081· Muwatta 1133· Muwatta 1185· Muwatta 1201· Muwatta 1239· Muwatta 1240· Muwatta 1242
Sources
- Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf) , p.555
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta 1249”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-6-1249/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.