Hadith 109

Sunan Ibn Majah

Book 24: The Chapters on Jihad Sahih

Chapter 39

Obedience to the ruler

باب طَاعَةِ الإِمَامِ

Sahih
Sunan Ibn Majah 2861
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعُ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ، عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ الْحُصَيْنِ، قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ إِنْ أُمِّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ مُجَدَّعٌ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا مَا قَادَكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ ‏"
It was narrated from Umm Husain that she heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:

“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.”

Chain of Narrators

follower
1

Yahya bin al-Husain al-Ahmsy

يحيى بن الحصين الأحمسي

4 narrations

successor
2

Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj

شعبة بن الحجاج

2,461 narrations

successor
3

Waki' bin al-Jarrah

وكيع بن الجراح

1,129 narrations

3rd Generation
4

Abu Bakr bin Abi Shayba

أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة

2,203 narrations