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ahmad:12921ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Shuʿbah > ʿAttāb > Anas b. Mālik

We used to take the oath of allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ to hear and obey, and he would tell: In What I am able. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2940)   

أحمد:١٢٩٢١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَتَّابٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

بَايَعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُ  


See similar narrations below:

Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Suyūṭī
bukhari:7202ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Whenever we gave the Pledge of allegiance to Messenger of Allah ﷺ for to listen to and obey, he used to say to us, for as much as you can."  

البخاري:٧٢٠٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ

كُنَّا إِذَا بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ يَقُولُ لَنَا فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتَ  

bukhari:7204Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Hushaym > Sayyār > al-Shaʿbī > Jarīr b. ʿAbdullāh

I gave the Pledge of allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ that I would listen and obey, and he told me to add: 'As much as I can, and will give good advice to every Muslim.'  

البخاري:٧٢٠٤حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ أَخْبَرَنَا سَيَّارٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

بَايَعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فَلَقَّنَنِي فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُ وَالنُّصْحِ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ  

bukhari:7272Ismāʿīl > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar Katab > ʿAbd al-Malik b. Marwān Yubāyiʿuh And ʾUqir Lak

ʿAbdullah Bin ʿUmar wrote to ʿAbdul Malik bin Marwan, swearing allegiance to him: 'I swear allegiance to you in that I will listen and obey what is in accordance with the Laws of Allah and the Tradition of His Apostle as much as I can.'  

البخاري:٧٢٧٢حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ كَتَبَ إِلَى عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ يُبَايِعُهُ وَأُقِرُّ لَكَ

بِالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ عَلَى سُنَّةِ اللَّهِ وَسُنَّةِ رَسُولِهِ فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُ  

nasai:4188al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad > Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

"When we gave our pledge to the Messenger of Allah to hear and obey, he would say to us: 'In as much as you can".  

النسائي:٤١٨٨أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُنَّا حِينَ نُبَايِعُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ يَقُولُ لَنَا فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ  

nasai:4189Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Hushaym > Sayyār > al-Shaʿbī > Jarīr b. ʿAbdullāh

"I gave my pledge to the Prophet to hear and obey, and he told me to add the words.' In as much as you can, and to be since toward every Muslim"'. (Sahih) '  

النسائي:٤١٨٩أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

بَايَعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فَلَقَّنَنِي فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتَ وَالنُّصْحِ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ  

abudawud:2940Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

We used to take the oath of allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ to hear and obey, and he would tell: In What I am able.  

أبو داود:٢٩٤٠حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُبَايِعُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَيُلَقِّنُنَا فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتَ  

tirmidhi:1593ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

"We used to pledge to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to hear and obey." So he would say to us: "As much as you are able."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.
الترمذي:١٥٩٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُبَايِعُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فَيَقُولُ لَنَا فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ كِلاَهُمَا
ibnmajah:2868ʿAlī b. Muḥammad > Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah > ʿAttāb a freed slave of Hurmuz > Anas b. Mālik

“I heard Anas bin Malik say: ‘We gave our pledge to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the basis that we would listen and obey. He ﷺ said: “As much as you can.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٨٦٨حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَتَّابٍ مَوْلَى هُرْمُزَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فَقَالَ فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ  

ahmad:12203Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah > ʿAttāb a freed slave of Ibn Hurmuz > Anas b. Mālik

“I heard Anas bin Malik say: ‘We gave our pledge to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the basis that we would listen and obey. He ﷺ said: “As much as you can.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2868)   

أحمد:١٢٢٠٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَتَّابٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ هُرْمُزَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فَقَالَ فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ  

ahmad:19195Hushaym > Sayyār > al-Shaʿbī > Jarīr

I gave the Pledge of allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ that I would listen and obey, and he told me to add: 'As much as I can, and will give good advice to every Muslim.' (Using translation from Bukhārī 7204)  

أحمد:١٩١٩٥حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

بَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فَقَالَ فَلَقَّنَنِي فَقَالَ فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتَ وَالنُّصْحَ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ السَّبَبِ الَّذِي تَقَعُ الْبَيْعَةُ فِي السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ اللَّذَيْنِ وَصَفْنَاهُمَا

ibnhibban:4548ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

Whenever we gave the Pledge of allegiance to Messenger of Allah ﷺ for to listen to and obey, he used to say to us, for as much as you can." (Using translation from Bukhārī 7202)  

ابن حبّان:٤٥٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

«كُنَّا إِذَا بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ يَقُولُ لَنَا » فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ «  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِصِحَّةِ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:4549al-Sāmī > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-Maqābirī > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

"When we gave our pledge to the Messenger of Allah to hear and obey, he would say to us: 'In as much as you can". (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4188)  

ابن حبّان:٤٥٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا السَّامِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْمَقَابِرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَأَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُبَايعُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ يَقُولُ لَنَا «فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ»  

ذِكْرُ أَحَدِ التَّخْصِيصَيْنِ الَّذِي يَخُصُّ عُمُومَ الْخِطَابِ الَّذِي فِي خَبَرِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

ibnhibban:4557ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

Whenever we gave the Pledge of allegiance to Messenger of Allah ﷺ for to listen to and obey, he used to say to us, for as much as you can." (Using translation from Bukhārī 7202)  

ابن حبّان:٤٥٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

«كُنَّا إِذَا بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ يَقُولُ لَنَا «فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ»  

ذِكْرُ أَحَدِ التَّخْصِيصَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ يَخُصَّانِ عُمُومَ تِلْكَ اللَّفْظَةِ الَّتِي تَقَدَّمْ ذِكْرُنَا لَهَا

ibnhibban:4561ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān al-Ṭāʾī > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

Whenever we gave the Pledge of allegiance to Messenger of Allah ﷺ for to listen to and obey, he used to say to us, for as much as you can." (Using translation from Bukhārī 7202)  

ابن حبّان:٤٥٦١أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانَ الطَّائِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُنَّا إِذَا بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ يَقُولُ لَنَا «فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ»  

tabarani:2250Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Jumhūr b. Manṣūr > Ismāʿīl b. Mujālid > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Qays > Jarīr

[Machine] "I pledged allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ for listening and obeying."  

الطبراني:٢٢٥٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا جُمْهُورُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُجَالِدٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسٍ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

«بَايَعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ»  

tabarani:2354Muʿādh b. al-Muthanná > Musaddad > Hushaym > Sayyār > al-Shaʿbī > Jarīr

I gave the Pledge of allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ that I would listen and obey, and he told me to add: 'As much as I can, and will give good advice to every Muslim.' (Using translation from Bukhārī 7204)  

الطبراني:٢٣٥٤حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا هُشَيْمٌ عَنْ سَيَّارٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ

بَايَعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فَلَقَّنَنِي «فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُ وَالنُّصْحِ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ»  

nasai-kubra:7764Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Hushaym > Sayyār > al-Shaʿbī > Jarīr b. ʿAbdullāh

We used to take the oath of allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ to hear and obey, and he would tell: In What I am able. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2940)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٧٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

بَايَعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فَلَقَّنَنِي فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُ  

nasai-kubra:8670Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm > Hushaym > Sayyār > al-Shaʿbī > Jarīr b. ʿAbdullāh

I gave the Pledge of allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ that I would listen and obey, and he told me to add: 'As much as I can, and will give good advice to every Muslim.' (Using translation from Bukhārī 7204)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٦٧٠أَخْبَرَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا سَيَّارٌ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ جَرِيرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

بَايَعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فَلَقَّنَنِي فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتَ وَالنُّصْحُ لِكُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ  

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"عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: كُنَّا نُبَايِعُ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ عَلَى السَّمعْ وَالطَّاعَةِ، فَيَقُولُ لَنَا: فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ".  

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