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bukhari:7053Musaddad > ʿAbd al-Wārith > al-Jaʿd > Abū Rajāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever disapproves of something done by his ruler then he should be patient, for whoever disobeys the ruler even a little (little = a span) will die as those who died in the Pre-lslamic Period of Ignorance. (i.e. as rebellious Sinners).  

البخاري:٧٠٥٣حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْوَارِثِ عَنِ الْجَعْدِ عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كَرِهَ مِنْ أَمِيرِهِ شَيْئًا فَلْيَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ شِبْرًا مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ṭabarānī
bukhari:7054Abū al-Nuʿmān > Ḥammād b. Zayd > al-Jaʿd Abū ʿUthmān > Abū Rajāʾ al-ʿUṭāridī > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever notices something which he dislikes done by his ruler, then he should be patient, for whoever becomes separate from the company of the Muslims even for a span and then dies, he will die as those who died in the Pre-lslamic period of Ignorance (as rebellious sinners). (Fath-ul-Bari page 112, Vol. 16)  

البخاري:٧٠٥٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْجَعْدِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو رَجَاءٍ الْعُطَارِدِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ رَأَى مِنْ أَمِيرِهِ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَصْبِرْ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ فَارَقَ الْجَمَاعَةَ شِبْرًا فَمَاتَ إِلاَّ مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً  

bukhari:7143Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād > al-Jaʿd > Abū Rajāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās Yarwīh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "If somebody sees his Muslim ruler doing something he disapproves of, he should be patient, for whoever becomes separate from the Muslim group even for a span and then dies, he will die as those who died in the Pre-lslamic period of ignorance (as rebellious sinners). (See Hadith No. 176 and 177)  

البخاري:٧١٤٣حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنِ الْجَعْدِ عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَرْوِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَنْ رَأَى مِنْ أَمِيرِهِ شَيْئًا فَكَرِهَهُ فَلْيَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يُفَارِقُ الْجَمَاعَةَ شِبْرًا فَيَمُوتُ إِلاَّ مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً  

muslim:1849aḤasan b. al-Rabīʿ > Ḥammād b. Zayd > al-Jaʿd Abū ʿUthmān > Abū Rajāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās Yarwīh

One who found in his Amir something which he disliked should hold his patience, for one who separated from the main body of the Muslims even to the extent of a handspan and then he died would die the death of one belonging to the days of Jahiliyya.  

مسلم:١٨٤٩aحَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْجَعْدِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَرْوِيهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ رَأَى مِنْ أَمِيرِهِ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ فَارَقَ الْجَمَاعَةَ شِبْرًا فَمَاتَ فَمِيتَةٌ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ  

muslim:1849bShaybān b. Farrūkh > ʿAbd al-Wārith > al-Jaʿd > Abū Rajāʾ al-ʿUṭāridī > Ibn ʿAbbās

One who dislikes a thing done by his Amir should be patient over it, for anyone from the people who withdraws (his obedience) from the government, even to the extent of a handspan and died in that conditions, would die the death of one belonging to the days of jahilliyya.  

مسلم:١٨٤٩bوَحَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا الْجَعْدُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو رَجَاءٍ الْعُطَارِدِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ كَرِهَ مِنْ أَمِيرِهِ شَيْئًا فَلْيَصْبِرْ عَلَيْهِ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ خَرَجَ مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ شِبْرًا فَمَاتَ عَلَيْهِ إِلاَّ مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً  

ahmad:2487Ḥasan b. al-Rabīʿ > Ḥammād b. Zayd > al-Jaʿd Abū ʿUthmān > Abū Rajāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās

One who found in his Amir something which he disliked should hold his patience, for one who separated from the main body of the Muslims even to the extent of a handspan and then he died would die the death of one belonging to the days of Jahiliyya. (Using translation from Muslim 1849a)  

أحمد:٢٤٨٧حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْجَعْدِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ رَأَى مِنْ أَمِيرِهِ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ خَالَفَ الْجَمَاعَةَ شِبْرًا فَمَاتَ فَمِيتَتُهُ جَاهِلِيَّةٌ  

ahmad:2702Ḥasan > Ḥammād b. Zayd > al-Jaʿd Abū ʿUthmān > Abū Rajāʾ al-ʿUṭāridī > Ibn ʿAbbās Yarwīh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "If somebody sees his Muslim ruler doing something he disapproves of, he should be patient, for whoever becomes separate from the Muslim group even for a span and then dies, he will die as those who died in the Pre-lslamic period of ignorance (as rebellious sinners). (See Hadith No. 176 and 177) (Using translation from Bukhārī 7143)  

أحمد:٢٧٠٢حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْجَعْدِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا رَجَاءٍ الْعُطَارِدِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَرْوِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ مَنْ رَأَى مِنْ أَمِيرِهِ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّهُ مَا أَحَدٌ يُفَارِقُ الْجَمَاعَةَ شِبْرًا فَيَمُوتُ إِلا مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً  

ahmad:2825Abū Kāmil > Saʿīd b. Zayd > al-Jaʿd Abū ʿUthmān > Abū Rajāʾ al-ʿUṭāridī Yarwīh > Ibn ʿAbbās Yarwīh

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Whoever dislikes a matter from his ruler, let him be patient, for there is no one among the people who leaves the authority by a hand-span and dies except that he dies the death of ignorance."  

أحمد:٢٨٢٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْجَعْدُ أَبُو عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو رَجَاءٍ الْعُطَارِدِيُّ يَرْوِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَرْوِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أَيُّمَا رَجُلٍ كَرِهَ مِنْ أَمِيرِهِ أَمْرًا فَلْيَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَخْرُجُ مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ شِبْرًا فَمَاتَ إِلا مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً  

darimi:2561Ḥajjāj b. Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Zayd > al-Jaʿd Abū ʿUthmān > Abū Rajāʾ al-ʿUṭāridī > Ibn ʿAbbās Yarwīh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "If somebody sees his Muslim ruler doing something he disapproves of, he should be patient, for whoever becomes separate from the Muslim group even for a span and then dies, he will die as those who died in the Pre-lslamic period of ignorance (as rebellious sinners). (See Hadith No. 176 and 177) (Using translation from Bukhārī 7143)  

الدارمي:٢٥٦١حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ الْجَعْدِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو رَجَاءٍ الْعُطَارِدِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَرْوِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ رَأَى مِنْ أَمِيرِهِ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ فَلْيَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَحَدٍ يُفَارِقُ الْجَمَاعَةَ شِبْرًا فَيَمُوتُ إِلَّا مَاتَ مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً»  

tabarani:12759ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz And ʾAbū Muslim al-Kashhī > Ḥajjāj b. al-Minhāl > Ḥammād b. Zayd > al-Jaʿd Abū ʿUthmān > Abū Rajāʾ > Ibn ʿAbbās Yarwīh

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "Whoever sees something objectionable from his leader, let him be patient, for there is no one who leaves the community and then dies except in a state of ignorance."  

الطبراني:١٢٧٥٩حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَأَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَشِّيُّ قَالَا ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنِ الْجَعْدِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ يَرْوِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ رَأَى مِنْ أَمِيرِهِ شَيْئًا يُنْكِرُهُ فَلْيَصْبِرْ فَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ يُفَارِقُ الْجَمَاعَةَ فَيَمُوتُ إِلَّا مِيتَةً جَاهِلِيَّةً»