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bukhari:696Muḥammad b. Abān > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Abū al-Tayyāḥ > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ said to Abu-Dhar, "Listen and obey (your chief) even if he is an Ethiopian with a head like a raisin."  

البخاري:٦٩٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبَانَ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لأَبِي ذَرٍّ اسْمَعْ وَأَطِعْ وَلَوْ لِحَبَشِيٍّ كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ زَبِيبَةٌ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Ibn Mājah, Aḥmad, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:693Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Abū al-Tayyāḥ > Anas

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Listen and obey (your chief) even if an Ethiopian whose head is like a raisin were made your chief."  

البخاري:٦٩٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو التَّيَّاحِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ اسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا وَإِنِ اسْتُعْمِلَ حَبَشِيٌّ كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ زَبِيبَةٌ  

bukhari:7142Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Abū al-Tayyāḥ > Anas b. Mālik

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."  

البخاري:٧١٤٢حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا وَإِنِ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ زَبِيبَةٌ  

ibnmajah:2860Muḥammad b. Bashhār And ʾAbū Bishr Bakr b. Khalaf > Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Abū al-Tayyāḥ > Anas b. Mālik

“Listen and obey, even if the one appointed over you is an Ethiopian slave with a head like a raisin.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٨٦٠حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَأَبُو بِشْرٍ بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو التَّيَّاحِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا وَإِنِ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ زَبِيبَةٌ  

ahmad:12752Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū al-Tayyāḥ > Anas b. Mālik

The Prophet ﷺ said to Abu-Dhar, "Listen and obey (your chief) even if he is an Ethiopian with a head like a raisin." (Using translation from Bukhārī 696)  

أحمد:١٢٧٥٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يُحَدِّثُ

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

ahmad:12126Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Abū al-Tayyāḥ > Anas

“Listen and obey, even if the one appointed over you is an Ethiopian slave with a head like a raisin.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2860)  

أحمد:١٢١٢٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو التَّيَّاحِ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا وَإِنْ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَبَشِيٌّ كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ زَبِيبَةٌ  

bayhaqi:5118Abū Bakr b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Abū al-Tayyāḥ > Anas

[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."  

البيهقي:٥١١٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو التَّيَّاحِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا يَقُولُ

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

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ غُنْدَرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ
suyuti:3221a

The Prophet ﷺ said to Abu-Dhar, "Listen and obey (your chief) even if he is an Ethiopian with a head like a raisin." (Using translation from Bukhārī 696)   

السيوطي:٣٢٢١a

"اسْمَعْ، وأطِعْ، وَلَوْ لِحَبَشيٍّ كَأَنَّ رَأسَهُ زبيبَةٌ".  

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