[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Abu Dharr, "Listen and obey, even if your leader is an Abyssinian whose head is like a raisin."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِأَبِي ذَرٍّ اسْمَعْ وَأَطِعْ وَلَوْ لِحَبَشِيٍّ كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ زَبِيبَةٌ  

[Machine] He arrived at the mosque and the prayer was already being established. When a person leading the prayer saw him, he said, "This is Abu Dhar." He then went to the back, and Abu Dhar said, "My beloved friend (referring to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ) advised me with three things: to listen and obey, even if led by an Ethiopian slave who has mutilated limbs."  

أَنَّهُ انْتَهَى إِلَى الرَّبَذَةِ وَقَدْ أُقِيمَتِ الصَّلَاةُ فَإِذَا عَبْدٌ يَؤُمُّهُمْ قَالَ فَقِيلَ هَذَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ فَذَهَبَ يَتَأَخَّرُ فَقَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ ؓ أَوْصَانِي خَلِيلِي ﷺ بِثَلَاثٍ أَسْمَعُ وَأُطيِعُ وَلَوْ كَانَ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا مُجَدَّعَ الْأَطْرَافِ  

[Machine] "Al-Laahi bin 'Ubaidillahi bin Abi Mulaykata annahum kaanoo ya'toona 'Aaishata Ummalmu'mineen bi-a'la al-wadi, huwa wa 'Ubaidu bin 'Umayr, wal-Miswaru bin Makhramata wa naasun katheerun, faya'ummu-hum Abou 'Amrou mawla 'Aaishata wa Abou 'Amrou ghulaamoha heena'i'thin lam yu'taq, wa kaana imama banee Muhammad bin Abi Bakrin wa 'Urwatah."  

اللهِ بْنُ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَأْتُونَ عَائِشَةَ أُمَّ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ؓ بِأَعْلَى الْوَادِي هُوَ وَعُبَيْدُ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ وَالْمِسْوَرُ بْنُ مَخْرَمَةَ وَنَاسٌ كَثِيرٌ فَيَؤُمُّهُمْ أَبُو عَمْرٍو مَوْلَى عَائِشَةَ وَأَبُو عَمْرٍو غُلَامُهَا حِينَئِذٍ لَمْ يُعْتَقْ وَكَانَ إِمَامَ بَنِي مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُرْوَةَ  

[Machine] That Abu Amr Dhakwan was a slave of Aisha, and she freed him. He used to lead her in prayer during the month of Ramadan, while he was still a slave.  

أَنَّ أَبَا عَمْرٍو ذَكْوَانَ كَانَ عَبْدًا لِعَائِشَةَ فَأَعْتَقَتْهُ وَكَانَ يَقُومُ لَهَا فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضَانَ يَؤُمُّهَا وَهُوَ عَبْدٌ