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The Obligation Of Obeying Leaders In Matters That Do Not Involve Sin, But It Is Forbidden To Obey Them In Sinful Matters

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Darussalam · Volume 5

33. The Book of Leadership

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الحديث: 1840 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 1469

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[4766] 40 - (...) It was narrated that 'Alī said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ sent an expedition, and he appointed a man in charge of them, and told them to listen to him and obey him. They made him angry with regard to some matter, so he said: 'Gather firewood for me.' So they gathered it for him, then he said: 'Light a fire.' So they lit a fire. Then he said: 'Didn't the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ tell you to listen to me and obey me?' They said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then enter it (the fire).' They looked at one another and said: 'We have fled to the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ from the Fire.' They stood like that for a while, then his anger ceased and the fire was extinguished. When they came back, they told the Prophet ﷺ about that, and he said: 'If they had entered it they would not have come out of it. Obedience is only in that which is right and proper.'"

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40 - (1840) وحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، وَزُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَأَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْأَشَجُّ، وَتَقَارَبُوا فِي اللَّفْظِ، قَالُوا: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سَرِيَّةً، وَاسْتَعْمَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَيُطِيعُوا، فَأَغْضَبُوهُ فِي شَيْءٍ، فَقَالَ: اجْمَعُوا لِي حَطَبًا، فَجَمَعُوا لَهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَوْقِدُوا نَارًا، فَأَوْقَدُوا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَلَمْ يَأْمُرْكُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ تَسْمَعُوا لِي وَتُطِيعُوا؟ قَالُوا: بَلَى، قَالَ: فَادْخُلُوهَا، قَالَ: فَنَظَرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ، فَقَالُوا: إِنَّمَا فَرَرْنَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنَ النَّارِ، فَكَانُوا كَذَلِكَ، وَسَكَنَ غَضَبُهُ، وَطُفِئَتِ النَّارُ، فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوا ذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: «لَوْ دَخَلُوهَا مَا خَرَجُوا مِنْهَا، إِنَّمَا الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ»،

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