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Regarding Obedience

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Darussalam · Volume 3

15. The Book Of Jihād

Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation

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الحديث: 2625 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 40

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2625. It was reported from 'Ali, who said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ sent an army and appointed a man as commander over them. He ordered them to listen to him and obey him. The man ignited a fire and ordered them to jump into it. Some of them refused to enter it, and said: 'We escaped from the fire.' Some of them wanted to enter it. When the Prophet ﷺ was told about it he said: 'If they had entered it' — 'or entered into it' — 'they would never have come out of it.' And he said: 'There is no obedience in disobedience to Allāh, obedience is only in Ma'rūf (good).'" (Sahih) [1] An-Nisā' 4:59.

Arabic text

2625 - حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعَثَ جَيْشًا وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَجُلًا، وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَيُطِيعُوا، فَأَجَّجَ نَارًا وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَقْتَحِمُوا فِيهَا، فَأَبَى قَوْمٌ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوهَا وَقَالُوا: إِنَّمَا فَرَرْنَا مِنَ النَّارِ، وَأَرَادَ قَوْمٌ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوهَا، فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: «لَوْ دَخَلُوهَا أَوْ دَخَلُوا فِيهَا لَمْ يَزَالُوا فِيهَا». وَقَالَ: «لَا طَاعَةَ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ»

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