Sahih al-Bukhari

Hadith 7142

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Sahih al-Bukhari · Hadith 7142

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To listen to and obey one's Imām (Muslim ruler) as long as his orders involve not one in disobedience (to Allāh).

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Darussalam · Volume 9

93 - THE BOOK OF AL-AHKĀM

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition (opens in a new tab)

الحديث: 7142 ¦ الجزء: 9 ¦ الصفحة: 62

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English translation

7142. Narrated Anas bin Mālik رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, “You should listen to and obey your Imām (Muslim ruler) even if he was an Ethiopian (black) slave whose head looks like a raisin.”

Arabic text

7142 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا، وَإِنِ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ، كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ زَبِيبَةٌ»

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