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4248. It was narrated from 'Abdur-Rahmān bin 'Abdi Rabb Al-Ka'bah, from 'Abdullāh bin 'Amr that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Whoever pledges allegiance to an Imām, giving him his hand with sincerity, let him obey him if he can. If another comes and disputes with him, then strike the neck of the other one." I said: "Did you hear this from the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ?" He said: "My ears heard it, and my heart understood it." I said: "This cousin of yours, Mu'āwiyah, he tells us to do such and such." He said: "Obey him if it involves obedience to Allāh, and
disobey him if it involves disobedience to Allāh.” (Saḥīḥ)
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It is the creed of Ahl As-Sunnah wal-Jamā'ah that any Muslim ruler who takes over a land, even by force, and he is known to be the leader by the masses after that, he must be obeyed in what is not disobedience to Allāh, and rebellion against him is unlawful.
