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ahmad:27269 – ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥuṣayn > Jaddatah

[AI] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering a sermon at Arafat, saying: "Even if it were a slave who rules over you and leads you according to the Book of Allah, then listen to him and obey him." Abdullah said: "I also heard my father (the Prophet's companion) saying: "Indeed, I see him (the slave mentioned by the Prophet) having the ability to hear and obey in times of ease and difficulty, in times of prosperity and adversity.

أحمد:٢٧٢٦٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ الْحُصَيْنِ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَدَّتَهُ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ بِعَرَفَاتٍ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ وَلَوْ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ يَقُودُكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ وسَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُولُ إِنِّي لَأَرَى لَهُ السَّمْعَ وَالطَّاعَةَ فِي الْعُسْرِ وَالْيُسْرِ وَالْمَنْشَطِ وَالْمَكْرَهِ

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muslim:1838a – Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. Ḥuṣayn > Jaddatī Tuḥaddith

If a slave is appointed over you and he conducts your affairs according to the Book of Allah, you should listen to him and obeey (his orders).

مسلم:١٨٣٨أ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَدَّتِي تُحَدِّثُ

أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ وَلَوِ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ يَقُودُكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا

nasai:4192 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. Ḥuṣayn > Jaddatī

"I heard my grandmother say: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah say, during the Farewell Pilgrimage: If an Ethiopian slave is appointed over you who rules according to the Book of Allah, then listen to him and obey."'

النسائي:٤١٩٢ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَدَّتِي تَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ وَلَوِ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ يَقُودُكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا

ibnmajah:2861 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ b. al-Jarrāḥ > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥuṣayn > Jaddatih Um al-Ḥuṣayn

“Even if the one appointed over you is a mutilated Ethiopian slave whose nose and ears have been cut off, listen to him and obey, so long as he leads you according to the Book of Allah.”

ابن ماجة:٢٨٦١ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعُ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ الْحُصَيْنِ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنْ أُمِّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ مُجَدَّعٌ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا مَا قَادَكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ

ahmad:16646 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. Ḥuṣayn b. ʿUrwah > Jaddatī

"I heard my grandmother say: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah say, during the Farewell Pilgrimage: If an Ethiopian slave is appointed over you who rules according to the Book of Allah, then listen to him and obey."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4192)

أحمد:١٦٦٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي جَدَّتِي قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ وَلَوْ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ يَقُودُكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ ﷻ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا

ahmad:23231 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. Ḥuṣayn b. ʿUrwah > Jaddatī

“Even if the one appointed over you is a mutilated Ethiopian slave whose nose and ears have been cut off, listen to him and obey, so long as he leads you according to the Book of Allah.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2861)

أحمد:٢٣٢٣١ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَاهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي جَدَّتِي قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَوْ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ يَقُودُكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا

ahmad:27263 – Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥuṣayn b. ʿUrwah > Jaddatī

"I heard my grandmother say: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah say, during the Farewell Pilgrimage: If an Ethiopian slave is appointed over you who rules according to the Book of Allah, then listen to him and obey."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4192)

أحمد:٢٧٢٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ الْحُصَيْنِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي جَدَّتِي قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ وَلَوْ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ يَقُودُكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ ﷻ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا

ahmad:27264 – Rawḥ > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. Ḥuṣayn > Jaddatī > Nabī Allāh ﷺ Biʿarafāt Yakhṭub > Ghafar Allāh Lilmuḥalliqīn Thalāth Mirār > And al-Muqaṣṣirīn

[AI] I heard the Prophet of Allah ﷺ delivering a sermon in Arafah saying, "Allah has forgiven the pilgrims three times." They asked, "What about those who have shortened their hair?" He responded, "Even those who have shortened their hair." Then he said, "I have heard him (the Prophet) saying, 'If a slave is appointed as a leader over you, leading you with the Book of Allah, then listen to him and obey him.'"

أحمد:٢٧٢٦٤ – حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَدَّتِي تَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ نَبِيَّ اللهِ ﷺ بِعَرَفَاتٍ يَخْطُبُ يَقُولُ غَفَرَ اللهُ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ ثَلَاثَ مِرَارٍ قَالُوا وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ؟ فَقَالَ وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ فِي الرَّابِعَةِقَالَتْ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنْ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ يَقُودُكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا

ahmad:27265 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥuṣayn > Jaddatī Tuḥaddith

If a slave is appointed over you and he conducts your affairs according to the Book of Allah, you should listen to him and obeey (his orders). (Using translation from Muslim 1838a)

أحمد:٢٧٢٦٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَدَّتِي تُحَدِّثُ

أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ يَقُولُ لَوْ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ يَقُودُكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ ﷻ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا

ahmad:27270 – Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah Atayt Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥuṣayn Fasaʾaltuh > Jaddatī

“Even if the one appointed over you is a mutilated Ethiopian slave whose nose and ears have been cut off, listen to him and obey, so long as he leads you according to the Book of Allah.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2861)

أحمد:٢٧٢٧٠ – حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ أَتَيْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ الْحُصَيْنِ فَسَأَلْتُهُ فَقَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي جَدَّتِي قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ وَهُوَ وَاقِفٌ بِعَرَفَةَ إِنْ أُمِّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا مَا قَادَكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ تَعَالَى

tabarani:21945 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥuṣayn > Jaddatih

[AI] I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "Listen and obey, even if an Abyssinian slave becomes your leader, who governs you by the Book of Allah." And I heard him saying, "O Allah, forgive those who have shaved their heads" (three times). They said, "And those who have their hair cut short?" He said, "And also those who have their hair cut short."

الطبراني:٢١٩٤٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ اسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا وَإِنْ أُمِّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ يَقُودُكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ اللهُمَّ اغْفِرْ لِلْمُحَلِّقِينَ قَالَهَا ثَلَاثًا قَالُوا وَالْمُقَصِّرِينَ؟ قَالَ بَعْدَ الثَّالِثَةِ وَلِلْمُقَصِّرِينَ

nasai-kubra:7767 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Ibn al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. Ḥuṣayn > Jaddatī

"I heard my grandmother say: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah say, during the Farewell Pilgrimage: If an Ethiopian slave is appointed over you who rules according to the Book of Allah, then listen to him and obey."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4192)

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٧٦٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَدَّتِي تَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ «وَلَوِ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ يَقُودُكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا»

bayhaqi:16600 – Abū Bakr b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. Ḥuṣayn al-Aḥmasī > Jaddatī Wāsmuhā Um Ḥuṣayn al-Aḥmasiyyah

[AI] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: "If a Abyssinian slave is appointed over you, and he leads you with the Book of Allah, then listen to him and obey him."

البيهقي:١٦٦٠٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ أَنْبَأَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ الْأَحْمَسِيِّ أَخْبَرَتْنِي جَدَّتِي وَاسْمُهَا أُمُّ حُصَيْنٍ الْأَحْمَسِيَّةُ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنِ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيُّ مَا قَادَكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ

suyuti:8404a –
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السيوطي:٨٤٠٤أ –

"إِنْ أُمَّر عَلَيكُمْ عَبْد مُجَدَّع أَسْوَدُ يَقُودُكمْ بكتَابِ اللَّه فَاسْمَعُوا لهُ وَأطِيعُوا" .

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة [م] مسلم [هـ] ابن ماجة [حب] ابن حبّان عن يحيى بن معين عن جدته أُم الحصين