English translation
693. Narrated Anas رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ said, "Listen and obey (your chief) even if an Ethiopian whose head is like a raisin were made your chief."
Hadith 693
A slave or a manumitted slave can lead the Ṣalāt (prayer).
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10 - THE BOOK OF ADHĀNSahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
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الحديث: 693 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 140
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Arabic text
693 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو التَّيَّاحِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «اسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا وَإِنِ اسْتُعْمِلَ حَبَشِيٌّ كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ زَبِيبَةٌ»
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