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

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

[Machine] 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