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tabarani:15532Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣāʾigh al-Makkī > Yaʿqūb b. Ḥumayd > Yaḥyá b. Sulaym > Hishām b. Ḥassān > al-Ḥasan > ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no obedience to a creation in disobedience to the Creator."  

الطبراني:١٥٥٣٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّائِغُ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ هِشَامَ بْنِ حَسَّانَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَا طَاعَةَ لِمَخْلُوقٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ الْخَالِقِ»  


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ahmad:1095ʿAbdullāh > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī > Ibn Mahdī > Sufyān > Zubayd > Saʿd b. ʿUbaydah > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Sulamī > ʿAlī

ʿThere is no obedience to any created being if it involves disobedience to Allah, may He be glorified and exalted.”  

أحمد:١٠٩٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا طَاعَةَ لِمَخْلُوقٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ ﷻ  

ahmad:20653Sulaymān b. Ḥarb > Ḥammād / Ibn Zayd > Ayyūb > Muḥammad > Āstuʿmil al-Ḥakam b. ʿAmr al-Ghifārī > Khurāsān > Fatamannāh ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn Ḥattá Qīl Lah Yā Abū Nujayd Alā Nadʿūh Lak > Lā Faqām ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn Falaqiyah Bayn al-Nās > Tadhkur Yawm

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no obedience to a creation in disobedience to Allah." He (Imran) said, "Yes."  

أحمد:٢٠٦٥٣حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي _ ابْنُ زَيْدٍ _ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ اسْتُعْمِلَ الْحَكَمُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الْغِفَارِيُّ عَلَى خُرَاسَانَ قَالَ فَتَمَنَّاهُ عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ حَتَّى قِيلَ لَهُ يَا أَبَا نُجَيْدٍ أَلَا نَدْعُوهُ لَكَ قَالَ لَا فَقَامَ عِمْرَانُ بْنُ حُصَيْنٍ فَلَقِيَهُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ قَالَ تَذْكُرُ يَوْمَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا طَاعَةَ لِمَخْلُوقٍ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ عِمْرَانُ اللهُ أَكْبَرُ