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nasai-kubra:8669Maḥmūd b. Ghaylān > Abū Dāwud > Shuʿbah > Manṣūr And al-Aʿmash Samiʿā Saʿd b. ʿUbaydah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sulamī > ʿAlī

[Machine] From the Prophet (PBUH), he said, "Indeed, obedience is only in what is recognized as good."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٦٦٩أَخْبَرَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ وَالْأَعْمَشِ سَمِعَا سَعْدَ بْنَ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا الطَّاعَةُ فِي الْمَعْرُوفِ»  


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