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[Machine] Al-Rabee'ah bin Khuthaym said that he used to be summoned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the pre-Islamic period of Ignorance, and he was singled out in Islam. Al-Rabee'ah said, "It is letter by letter: 'Whoever obeys the Messenger has obeyed Allah.' [Quran 4:80]"  

الزهد لأحمد:١٩٨١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ مُنْذِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ خُثَيْمٍ كَانَ يُتَحَاكَمُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ قَبْلَ الْإِسْلَامِ واخْتُصَّ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ قَالَ الرَّبِيعُ وَحَرْفٌ وَحَرْفٌ {مَنْ يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ} [النساء 80]