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1672. Al-Hajjāj bin Muḥammad narrated that Ibn Juraij commented on Allāh's Saying: Obey Allāh and obey the Messenger, and those in authority among you.,[2] he said: "Abdullāh bin Ḥudhāfah bin Qais bin 'Adī As-Sahmī was sent by the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ (as commander) over a military expedition. I was informed of that by Ya'lā bin Muslim, from Sa'eed bin Jubair, from Ibn 'Abbās." (Ṣaḥīh)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīh Gharīb. We do not know of it except as a narration of Ibn Juraij.
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Ibn Juraij's comment on the Qur'ānic verse (4:59) is intended to highlight the fact that, since 'Abdullāh bin Hudhāfah had been appointed commander of the expedition by the Prophet ﷺ, for all intent and purposes he was one of the people in authority whose obedience has been made compulsory by the Qur'ān and Hadīth. A vast majority of scholars of the past and present also consider government functionaries (including the commander of the brigade) as the veritable "people of authority" of the community, and there is no doubt about that under an Islāmic government, some scholars take the term to mean 'men of learning'. (Tuhfat-Al-Ahwadhi, v. 3, p. 21).
