Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 2860
Book 24: The Chapters on Jihad
Chapter 39 Obedience to the ruler
باب طَاعَةِ الإِمَامِ
Sunan Ibn Majah 2860
It was
narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)
said:
“Listen and obey, even if the one appointed over you is an
Ethiopian slave with a head like a raisin.”
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، وَأَبُو بِشْرٍ بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو التَّيَّاحِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ” اسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا وَإِنِ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ زَبِيبَةٌ ” .
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