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1706. Umm Al-Ḥusain Al-Aḥmasiyyah said: "I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ delivering a Khutbah during the Farewell Hajj, and he was wearing a Burd which he had wrapped from under his
armpit.” She said: “I was looking at the muscle of his upper arm quivering and I heard him saying: ‘O you people! Have Taqwa of Allāh. If a mutilated Ethiopian slave is put in command over you, then listen to him and obey him, as long as he upholds the Book of Allāh among you.’” (Ṣaḥīh)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from Abū Hurairah and ‘Irbāḍ bin Sāriyah.
This Hadīth is Ḥasan Ṣaḥīh, it has been reported through other routes from Umm Ḥuṣain.
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Commentary
The Hadīth confirms that a ruler or the supreme authority of a country can appoint his governors and other high officials at his discretion. It is not essential that a subordinate appointee be a free person or belong to the clan of the Quraish. Thus, whoever is appointed by him in that capacity, it is incumbent that we give him our obedience in all his actions in the light of the Qur’ān and Sunnah. Ugly features or the slavery status of the appointee shall not be a valid excuse for opposing him.
