صحيح البخاري

Hadith 7142

Book 94: The Book of Al-Ahkam (Judgements)

كِتَاب الْأَحْكَامِ

Chapter 4

(4) Chapter. To listen to and obey one’s Imam (Muslim ruler) as long as his orders involve not one in disobedience (to Allah).

4- بَابُ السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ لِلإِمَامِ مَا لَمْ تَكُنْ مَعْصِيَةً:

English narration

Narrated by أنس بن مالك الأنصاري

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "You should listen to and obey, your ruler even if he was an Ethiopian (black) slave whose head looks like a raisin."

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : "

اسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا ، وَإِنِ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ زَبِيبَةٌ

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Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 7142In-book: Book 94, Hadith 7142

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