Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 4209
Book 39: The Book of al-Bay'ah
Chapter 37 The Virtue Of The One Who Speaks The Truth Before An Unjust Ruler
باب فَضْلِ مَنْ تَكَلَّمَ بِالْحَقِّ عِنْدَ إِمَامٍ جَائِرٍ
Sunan an-Nasa'i 4209
It was narrated from Tariq bin Shihab that:
a man asked the Prophet, when he had put his leg in the stirrup: “Which kind of Jihad is best?'” He said: ” a word of truth spoken before an unjust rulers.”
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَدْ وَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ فِي الْغَرْزِ أَىُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ ” كَلِمَةُ حَقٍّ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ ” .
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