" 0 you who believe, obey Allah, His Apostle and those in authority from amongst You" (iv. 59) -was revealed in respect of 'Abdullah b. Hudhafa b. Qais b. Adi al-Sahmi who was despatched by the Prophet ﷺ as leader of a military campaign. The narrator said: He was informed of this fact by Ya'la b. Muslim who was informed by Sa'id b. Jubair who in turn was informed by Ibn Abbas. (Using translation from Muslim 1834)   

قَالَ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ} [النساء 59] فِي عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ حُذَافَةَ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَدِيٍّ السَّهْمِيِّ بَعَثَهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً أَخْبَرَنِيهِ يَعْلَى بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever obeys me has indeed obeyed Allah, and whoever disobeys me has indeed disobeyed Allah. Whoever obeys my commander has indeed obeyed me, and whoever disobeys my commander has indeed disobeyed me."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَطَاعَنِي فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللهَ وَمَنْ عَصَانِي فَقَدْ عَصَى اللهَ وَمَن أَطَاعَ أَمِيرِي فَقَدْ أَطَاعَنِي وَمَن عَصَى أَمِيرِي فَقَدْ عَصَانِي  

[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Upon you is to obey, whether you find it easy or difficult, whether you are happy or not, whether it is difficult or easy for you, and to obey despite any inconvenience caused to you."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ عَلَيْكَ بِالطَّاعَةِ فِي مَنْشَطِكَ وَمَكْرَهِكَ وَعُسْرِكَ وَيُسْرِكَ وَأَثَرَةً عَلَيْكَ  

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "You should listen to and obey, your ruler even if he was an Ethiopian (black) slave whose head looks like a raisin." (Using translation from Bukhārī 7142)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا وَإِنِ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيُّ كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ زَبِيبَةٌ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ advised me to listen and obey, even if it is from a slave who has his limbs cut off.  

أَوْصَانِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَسْمَعَ وَأُطِيعَ وَلَوْ لِعَبْدٍ مُجَدَّعِ الْأَطْرَافِ  

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "Listening and obeying is upon the Muslim concerning what they love and hate as long as they are not commanded to disobey. But if they are commanded to disobey, then there is no listening or obeying."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ السَّمْعُ وَالطَّاعَةُ عَلَى الْمَرْءِ الْمُسْلِمِ فِيمَا أَحَبَّ وَكَرِهَ مَا لَمْ يُؤْمَرْ بِمَعْصِيَةٍ فَإِذَا أُمِرَ بِمَعْصِيَةٍ فَلَا سَمْعَ وَلَا طَاعَةَ  

[Machine] That the Prophet ﷺ sent out a military expedition and appointed a man in charge of them, commanding them to obey him. He kindled a fire for them and commanded them to enter it, so some people thought they should do it, while others said they had fled from the fire and refused. Then they came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and they told him about it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “If they had entered it, they would have remained in it until the Day of Resurrection, for there is no obedience in disobedience to Allah. Obedience is only in what is good.”  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَجُلًا وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يُطِيعُوهُ فَأَجَّجَ لَهُمْ نَارًا وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَقْتَحِمُوا فَهَمَّ قَوْمٌ أَنْ يَفْعَلُوا وَقَالَ آخَرُونَ إِنَّمَا فَرَرْنَا مِنَ النَّارِ فَأَبَوْا ثُمَّ قَدِمُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرُوا لَهُ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَوْ دَخَلُوهَا لَمْ يَزَالُوا فِيهَا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ لَا طَاعَةَ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ إِنَّمَا الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ