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muslim:1867Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb And Qutaybah And Ibn Ḥujr Wa-al-Lafẓ Ibn Ayyūb > Ismāʿīl Wahū Ibn Jaʿfar > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

We used to take oath to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ that we would listen to and obey his orders. He would tell us (to say in the oath): As far as it lies in my power.  

مسلم:١٨٦٧حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ وَقُتَيْبَةُ وَابْنُ حُجْرٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ أَيُّوبَ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ جَعْفَرٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ كُنَّا نُبَايِعُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ يَقُولُ لَنَا فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتَ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Tirmidhī, Mālik, Aḥmad, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá, Bayhaqī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:7202ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Whenever we gave the Pledge of allegiance to Messenger of Allah ﷺ for to listen to and obey, he used to say to us, for as much as you can."  

البخاري:٧٢٠٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ

كُنَّا إِذَا بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ يَقُولُ لَنَا فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتَ  

nasai:4188al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad > Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

"When we gave our pledge to the Messenger of Allah to hear and obey, he would say to us: 'In as much as you can".  

النسائي:٤١٨٨أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُنَّا حِينَ نُبَايِعُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ يَقُولُ لَنَا فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ  

abudawud:2940Ḥafṣ b. ʿUmar > Shuʿbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

We used to take the oath of allegiance to the Prophet ﷺ to hear and obey, and he would tell: In What I am able.  

أبو داود:٢٩٤٠حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُبَايِعُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَيُلَقِّنُنَا فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتَ  

tirmidhi:1593ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

"We used to pledge to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to hear and obey." So he would say to us: "As much as you are able."  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.
الترمذي:١٥٩٣حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُبَايِعُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فَيَقُولُ لَنَا فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ كِلاَهُمَا
malik:55-1Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Dinar that Abdullah ibn Umar said, "When we took an oath of allegiance with him to hear and obey, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to us, 'In what you are able.' "  

مالك:٥٥-١حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ

قَالَ كُنَّا إِذَا بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ يَقُولُ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ  

ahmad:6243Ḥajjāj > Shuʿbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] I heard Ibn Umar saying, "Whenever we pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ for listening and obeying, he would teach us to the best of our ability."  

أحمد:٦٢٤٣حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ كُنَّا إِذَا بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ يُلَقِّنُنَا هُوَ فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ  

ahmad:5771ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] I heard Ibn Umar saying, "When we pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah peace be upon him, he used to teach us to listen and obey as much as we were capable."  

أحمد:٥٧٧١حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ كُنَّا إِذَا بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ يُلَقِّنُنَا هُوَ فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتَ  

ahmad:5531Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] I heard Ibn Umar saying, "When we used to pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding listening and obeying, he would teach us to do whatever we were capable of."  

أحمد:٥٥٣١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ كُنَّا إِذَا بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ يُلَقِّنُنَا هُوَ فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتَ  

ahmad:12203Wakīʿ > Shuʿbah > ʿAttāb a freed slave of Ibn Hurmuz > Anas b. Mālik

“I heard Anas bin Malik say: ‘We gave our pledge to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the basis that we would listen and obey. He ﷺ said: “As much as you can.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2868)   

أحمد:١٢٢٠٣حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَتَّابٍ مَوْلَى ابْنِ هُرْمُزَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فَقَالَ فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ  

ذِكْرُ وَصْفِ السَّبَبِ الَّذِي تَقَعُ الْبَيْعَةُ فِي السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ اللَّذَيْنِ وَصَفْنَاهُمَا

ibnhibban:4548ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

Whenever we gave the Pledge of allegiance to Messenger of Allah ﷺ for to listen to and obey, he used to say to us, for as much as you can." (Using translation from Bukhārī 7202)  

ابن حبّان:٤٥٤٨أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

«كُنَّا إِذَا بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ يَقُولُ لَنَا » فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ «  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَانٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِصِحَّةِ مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ

ibnhibban:4549al-Sāmī > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb al-Maqābirī > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

"When we gave our pledge to the Messenger of Allah to hear and obey, he would say to us: 'In as much as you can". (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4188)  

ابن حبّان:٤٥٤٩أَخْبَرَنَا السَّامِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْمَقَابِرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ وَأَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُبَايعُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ يَقُولُ لَنَا «فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ»  

ذِكْرُ السَّبَبِ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِ تَقَعُ الْبَيْعَةُ مِنَ الرَّعِيَّةِ عَلَى الْأَئِمَّةِ

ibnhibban:4552Abū Khalīfah > Abū al-Walīd And al-Ḥawḍī > Shuʿbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] I heard Ibn Umar say, "When we used to pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he would teach us to 'hear and obey to the best of our abilities'."  

ابن حبّان:٤٥٥٢أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ وَالْحَوْضِيُّ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ كُنَّا إِذَا بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُلَقِّنُنَا «عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْنَا»  

ذِكْرُ أَحَدِ التَّخْصِيصَيْنِ الَّذِي يَخُصُّ عُمُومَ الْخِطَابِ الَّذِي فِي خَبَرِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

ibnhibban:4557ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

Whenever we gave the Pledge of allegiance to Messenger of Allah ﷺ for to listen to and obey, he used to say to us, for as much as you can." (Using translation from Bukhārī 7202)  

ابن حبّان:٤٥٥٧أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانَ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

«كُنَّا إِذَا بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ يَقُولُ لَنَا «فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ»  

ذِكْرُ أَحَدِ التَّخْصِيصَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ يَخُصَّانِ عُمُومَ تِلْكَ اللَّفْظَةِ الَّتِي تَقَدَّمْ ذِكْرُنَا لَهَا

ibnhibban:4561ʿUmar b. Saʿīd b. Sinān al-Ṭāʾī > Aḥmad b. Abū Bakr > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

Whenever we gave the Pledge of allegiance to Messenger of Allah ﷺ for to listen to and obey, he used to say to us, for as much as you can." (Using translation from Bukhārī 7202)  

ابن حبّان:٤٥٦١أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سِنَانَ الطَّائِيُّ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُنَّا إِذَا بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ يَقُولُ لَنَا «فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ»  

ذِكْرُ التَّخْصِيصِ الثَّانِي الَّذِي يَخُصُّ عُمُومَ اللَّفْظَةِ الَّتِي تَقَدَّمَ ذِكْرُنَا لَهَا

ibnhibban:4565ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan b. Salm al-Aṣbahānī Bi-al-Rray > Muḥammad b. ʿIṣām b. Yazīd b. ʿAjlān a freed slave of Murrah al-Ṭayyib And Laqabuh Jabr from my father > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

"We used to pledge to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to hear and obey." So he would say to us: "As much as you are able." (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1593)   

ابن حبّان:٤٥٦٥أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ بِالرَّيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِصَامِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَجْلَانَ مَوْلَى مُرَّةَ الطَّيِّبِ وَلَقَبُهُ جَبْرٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يُبَايِعُنَا عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ ثُمَّ يُلَقِّنُنَا «فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتَ»  

nasai-kubra:7763al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad > Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

"When we gave our pledge to the Messenger of Allah to hear and obey, he would say to us: 'In as much as you can". (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4188)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٧٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُنَّا حِينَ نُبَايِعُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ يَقُولُ لَنَا «فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتَ»  

nasai-kubra:8671ʿAlī b. Ḥujr > Ismāʿīl > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

"When we gave our pledge to the Messenger of Allah to hear and obey, he would say to us: 'In as much as you can". (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4188)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٦٧١أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُنَّا نُبَايِعُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَيَقُولُ لَنَا «فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ»  

bayhaqi:16554Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿUbdūs > ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd > al-Qaʿnabī Fīmā Qaraʾ > Mālik > ʿAbdullāh b. Dīnār > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar

[Machine] When we used to pledge allegiance to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding listening and obeying, he would say to us, "Do as much as you are able to do."  

البيهقي:١٦٥٥٤أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَنْبَأَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبْدُوسٍ ثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ فِيمَا قَرَأَ عَلَى مَالِكٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

كُنَّا إِذَا بَايَعْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ يَقُولُ لَنَا فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتَ  

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ عَنْ مَالِكٍ
suyuti:422-406bIbn ʿUmar
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السيوطي:٤٢٢-٤٠٦b

"عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: كُنَّا إِذَا بَايَعْنَا النَّبِىَّ ﷺ عَلَى السَّمعْ وَالطَّاعَة يُلَقِّنُنَا هُوَ؛ فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْت".  

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suyuti:422-517bIbn ʿUmar
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السيوطي:٤٢٢-٥١٧b

"عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: كُنَّا نُبَايِعُ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ عَلَى السَّمعْ وَالطَّاعَةِ، فَيَقُولُ لَنَا: فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ".  

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