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tabarani:21939Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Khālid al-Ḥarrānī > Zuhayr > Abū Isḥāq > Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥuṣayn > Jaddatih Um al-Ḥuṣayn

[Machine] I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during the Farewell Pilgrimage. He was on his mount and his mount was moving. Al-Husayn was with me in my chamber, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had hidden his robe under his armpit. He was saying, "O people, fear Allah and listen and obey even if an Abyssinian slave is appointed as your leader. For he among you who lives long will see many differences. So for you is to observe my Sunnah and the Sunnah of the rightly-guided successors, and holding on to it with your molar teeth. Beware of newly invented matters, for every invented matter is an innovation and every innovation is a going astray, and every going astray is in Hellfire."  

الطبراني:٢١٩٣٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْحَرَّانِيُّ ثنا زُهَيْرٌ ثنا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ الْحُصَيْنِ قَالَتْ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ وَهُوَ عَلَى رَحْلِهِ وَرَاحِلَتِهِ وَحُصَيْنٌ فِي حِجْرِي وَقَدْ أَدْخَلَ ثَوْبَهُ مِنْ تَحْتِ إِبْطِهِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا اللهَ وَاسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا لِمَنْ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَإِنْ كَانَ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا مُجَدَّعًا فَاسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا مَا أَقَامَ فِيكُمْ كِتَابَ اللهِ»  


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tirmidhi:1706Muḥammad b. Yaḥyá al-Naysābūrī > Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Yūnus b. Abū Isḥāq > al-ʿAyzār b. Ḥurayth > Um al-Ḥuṣayn al-Aḥmasiyyah

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering Khutbah during the farewell Hajj, and he was wearing a Burd which he had wrapped from under his armpit." She said: "I was look at muscle of his upper arm quivering and I heard him saying: O you people! Have Taqwa of Allah. If a mutilated Ethiopian slave is put in command over you, then listen to him and obey him, as long as he upholds the Book of Allah among you.'"  

[Abu 'Eisa said:] There are narrations on this topic from Abu Hurairah and 'Irbad bin Sariyah. This Hadith is Hasan Sahih, it has been reported through other routes from Umm Husain.
الترمذي:١٧٠٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْعَيْزَارِ بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ عَنْ أُمِّ الْحُصَيْنِ الأَحْمَسِيَّةِ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ وَعَلَيْهِ بُرْدٌ قَدِ الْتَفَعَ بِهِ مِنْ تَحْتِ إِبْطِهِ قَالَتْ فَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى عَضَلَةِ عَضُدِهِ تَرْتَجُّ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَإِنْ أُمِّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ مُجَدَّعٌ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا مَا أَقَامَ لَكُمْ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَعِرْبَاضِ بْنِ سَارِيَةَ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ مِنْ غَيْرِ وَجْهٍ عَنْ أُمِّ حُصَيْنٍ
ahmad:16649Wakīʿ > Isrāʾīl > Abū Isḥāq > Yaḥyá b. al-Ḥuṣayn from his mother

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering a sermon during the Farewell Pilgrimage, saying, "O people! Fear Allah and listen and obey, even if a slave from Abyssinia is appointed as your leader, as long as he establishes the Book of Allah among you."  

أحمد:١٦٦٤٩حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الحُصَيْنِ عَنْ أُمِّهِ قَالَتْ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَخْطُبُ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ يَقُولُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا اللهَ وَاسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا وَإِنْ أُمِّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ مُجَدَّعٌ مَا أَقَامَ فِيكُمْ كِتَابَ اللهِ ﷻ  

ahmad:27260Abū Qaṭan > Yūnus / Ibn Abū Isḥāq > al-ʿAyzār b. Ḥurayth > Um al-Ḥuṣayn al-Aḥmasiyyah

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering Khutbah during the farewell Hajj, and he was wearing a Burd which he had wrapped from under his armpit." She said: "I was look at muscle of his upper arm quivering and I heard him saying: O you people! Have Taqwa of Allah. If a mutilated Ethiopian slave is put in command over you, then listen to him and obey him, as long as he upholds the Book of Allah among you.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1706)   

أحمد:٢٧٢٦٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قَطَنٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنِ الْعَيْزَارِ بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ عَنْ أُمِّ الْحُصَيْنِ الْأَحْمَسِيَّةِ قَالَتْ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ عَلَيْهِ بُرْدٌ لَهُ قَدِ الْتَفَعَ بِهِ مِنْ تَحْتِ إِبْطِهِ قَالَتْ فَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى عَضَلَةِ عَضُدِهِ تَرْتَجُّ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا اللهَ وَإِنْ أُمِّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ مُجَدَّعٌ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا مَا أَقَامَ فِيكُمْ كِتَابَ اللهِ ﷻ  

ahmad:27268Abū Nuʿaym > Yūnus > al-ʿAyzār b. Ḥurayth > Um al-Ḥuṣayn al-Aḥmasiyyah

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivering Khutbah during the farewell Hajj, and he was wearing a Burd which he had wrapped from under his armpit." She said: "I was look at muscle of his upper arm quivering and I heard him saying: O you people! Have Taqwa of Allah. If a mutilated Ethiopian slave is put in command over you, then listen to him and obey him, as long as he upholds the Book of Allah among you.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1706)   

أحمد:٢٧٢٦٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنْ الْعَيْزَارِ بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أُمَّ الْحُصَيْنِ الْأَحْمَسِيَّةَ قَالَتْ

رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ عَلَيْهِ بُرْدٌ قَدِ الْتَفَعَ بِهِ مِنْ تَحْتِ إِبْطِهِ فَأَنَا أَنْظُرُ إِلَى عَضَلَةِ عَضُدِهِ تَرْتَجُّ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوا اللهَ وَأَطِيعُوا وَإِنْ أُمِّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ مُجَدَّعٌ فَاسْمَعُواوَأَطِيعُوا مَا أَقَامَ فِيكُمْ كِتَابَ اللهِ