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nasai-kubra:7767Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Ibn al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. Ḥuṣayn > Jaddatī

"I heard my grandmother say: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah say, during the Farewell Pilgrimage: If an Ethiopian slave is appointed over you who rules according to the Book of Allah, then listen to him and obey."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4192)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٧٦٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَدَّتِي تَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ «وَلَوِ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ يَقُودُكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا»  


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muslim:1838aMuḥammad b. al-Muthanná > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. Ḥuṣayn > Jaddatī Tuḥaddith

If a slave is appointed over you and he conducts your affairs according to the Book of Allah, you should listen to him and obeey (his orders).  

مسلم:١٨٣٨aحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَدَّتِي تُحَدِّثُ

أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ وَلَوِ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ يَقُودُكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا  

nasai:4192Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > Khālid > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. Ḥuṣayn > Jaddatī

"I heard my grandmother say: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah say, during the Farewell Pilgrimage: If an Ethiopian slave is appointed over you who rules according to the Book of Allah, then listen to him and obey."'  

النسائي:٤١٩٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَدَّتِي تَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ وَلَوِ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ يَقُودُكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا  

ibnmajah:2861Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ b. al-Jarrāḥ > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥuṣayn > Jaddatih Um al-Ḥuṣayn

“Even if the one appointed over you is a mutilated Ethiopian slave whose nose and ears have been cut off, listen to him and obey, so long as he leads you according to the Book of Allah.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٨٦١حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعُ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ الْحُصَيْنِ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنْ أُمِّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ مُجَدَّعٌ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا مَا قَادَكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ  

ahmad:16646Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. Ḥuṣayn b. ʿUrwah > Jaddatī

"I heard my grandmother say: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah say, during the Farewell Pilgrimage: If an Ethiopian slave is appointed over you who rules according to the Book of Allah, then listen to him and obey."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4192)   

أحمد:١٦٦٤٦حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي جَدَّتِي قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ وَلَوْ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ يَقُودُكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ ﷻ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا  

ahmad:23231Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. Ḥuṣayn b. ʿUrwah > Jaddatī

“Even if the one appointed over you is a mutilated Ethiopian slave whose nose and ears have been cut off, listen to him and obey, so long as he leads you according to the Book of Allah.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2861)   

أحمد:٢٣٢٣١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَاهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ حُصَيْنِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي جَدَّتِي قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَوْ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ يَقُودُكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا  

ahmad:27263Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥuṣayn b. ʿUrwah > Jaddatī

"I heard my grandmother say: 'I heard the Messenger of Allah say, during the Farewell Pilgrimage: If an Ethiopian slave is appointed over you who rules according to the Book of Allah, then listen to him and obey."' (Using translation from Nasāʾī 4192)   

أحمد:٢٧٢٦٣حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ الْحُصَيْنِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَتْنِي جَدَّتِي قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ وَلَوْ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ يَقُودُكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ ﷻ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا  

ahmad:27265Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥuṣayn > Jaddatī Tuḥaddith

If a slave is appointed over you and he conducts your affairs according to the Book of Allah, you should listen to him and obeey (his orders). (Using translation from Muslim 1838a)  

أحمد:٢٧٢٦٥حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَدَّتِي تُحَدِّثُ

أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ يَقُولُ لَوْ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ يَقُودُكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ ﷻ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا  

bayhaqi:16600Abū Bakr b. Fūrak > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yūnus b. Ḥabīb > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Yaḥyá b. Ḥuṣayn al-Aḥmasī > Jaddatī Wāsmuhā Um Ḥuṣayn al-Aḥmasiyyah

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: "If a Abyssinian slave is appointed over you, and he leads you with the Book of Allah, then listen to him and obey him."  

البيهقي:١٦٦٠٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ أَنْبَأَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ ثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ الْأَحْمَسِيِّ أَخْبَرَتْنِي جَدَّتِي وَاسْمُهَا أُمُّ حُصَيْنٍ الْأَحْمَسِيَّةُ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنِ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيُّ مَا قَادَكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللهِ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا  

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ
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السيوطي:٢٦٨٧٤a

"يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ: اتَّقُوا (الله) (*) وإنْ أُمِّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبدٌ حَبَشِىٌّ مُجَدَّعٌ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا مَا أَقَامَ لَكُمْ (كِتَابَ اللهِ) ".  

[حم] أحمد [ت] الترمذي حسن صحيح، [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك وابن سعد عن أم الْحُصَيْن الأحْمَسيَّة
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السيوطي:٨٤٠٤a

"إِنْ أُمَّر عَلَيكُمْ عَبْد مُجَدَّع أَسْوَدُ يَقُودُكمْ بكتَابِ اللَّه فَاسْمَعُوا لهُ وَأطِيعُوا" .  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة [م] مسلم [هـ] ابن ماجة [حب] ابن حبّان عن يحيى بن معين عن جدته أُم الحصين