Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)

It is narrated from Yahya bin Saeed that Sayyiduna Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote to Sayyiduna Salman Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) to come to the sacred land. Sayyiduna Salman Farsi (may Allah be pleased with him) replied in writing that the land does not make anyone sacred, rather a person is sanctified by his deeds (wherever he may be), and I have heard that you have become a physician and treat people. If you cure people with medicine, that is good, but if you do not know medicine, then you have become a physician without reason. Beware, lest you kill someone and end up in Hell. Then, whenever Sayyiduna Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) would decide between two people, and they would begin to leave, he would call them back and say: Tell your story again, for by Allah! I do not know medicine, I am just treating as best I can.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if a person takes help from another's slave in a major task without the owner's permission, for which it is necessary to hire a servant or call a laborer, and the slave suffers any defect because of performing that work, then liability will be obligatory upon him. And if the slave remains safe and sound and his master demands wages, then wages will have to be paid.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that if a slave is partially free and partially still owned (a slave), then his wealth will remain with him; nothing new can be done with it, rather, he may eat and drink from it as needed. Then, when he dies, that wealth will go to the one whose ownership remained.

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said that from the day the boy becomes wealthy, the father may, if he wishes, calculate from that day what he has spent on him and take reimbursement from him, whether the boy's wealth is in the form of cash or in the form of goods.

Hazrat Umar bin Abdur Rahman bin Dalaf Muzani narrates from his father that a man from the tribe of Juhaina (Asayfa) used to go ahead of all the pilgrims and buy good and expensive camels, and he used to travel quickly, so he would reach before all the pilgrims. Once he became bankrupt and his case came before Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: After praise and salutations, let it be known to the people that Asayfa, who is from the tribe of Juhaina, also liked the matter of religion and trustworthiness, so that people would say about him that he reached before all the pilgrims. Be aware that he bought on credit, did not think about repayment, so he became bankrupt, and the debt overwhelmed his wealth. So whoever has a debt upon him should come to us in the morning, we will distribute his wealth among the creditors. You people should avoid taking loans; as soon as you take a loan, there is distress, and in the end, there is conflict.