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Musnad Ahmad Hadith 23981

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Original Arabic

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي رُزَيْقٌ، مَوْلَى بَنِي فَزَارَةَ، عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ قَرَظَةَ، وَكَانَ ابْنَ عَمِّ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَوْفَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ، يَقولُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: " خِيَارُ أَئِمَّتِكُمْ مَنْ تُحِبُّونَهُمْ وَيُحِبُّونَكُمْ، وَتُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْكُمْ، وَشِرَارُ أَئِمَّتِكُمُ الَّذِينَ تُبْغِضُونَهُمْ وَيُبْغِضُونَكُمْ، وَتَلْعَنُونَهُمْ وَيَلْعَنُونَكُمْ " قُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَفَلَا نُنَابِذُهُمْ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ: " لَا مَا أَقَامُوا لَكُمُ الصَّلَاةَ، أَلَا وَمَنْ وُلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ أَمِيرٌ وَالٍ، فَرَآهُ يَأْتِي شَيْئًا مِنْ مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ، فَلْيُنْكِرْ مَا يَأْتِي مِنْ مَعْصِيَةِ اللهِ، وَلَا يَنْزِعَنَّ يَدًا مِنْ طَاعَةٍ " (١)، ،

Translation

English translation

It is narrated from Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Noble Prophet (ﷺ) saying: "Your rulers will be those whom you love and they will love you, you will pray for them and they will pray for you. And your worst rulers will be those whom you hate and they will hate you, you will curse them and they will curse you." We said, "O Messenger of Allah! Should we not depose such rulers?" The Noble Prophet (ﷺ) said, "No, as long as they establish prayer. However, if a ruler appoints a governor over you and you see him doing something in disobedience to Allah, then denounce that disobedience, but do not withdraw your hand from his obedience."

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Where is this hadith found?

This is Hadith 23981 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 1130, Hadith of Awf ibn Malik al-Ashja'i al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him), as in-book entry 12.

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مسند احمد / مسند الأنصار رضي الله عنهم / 23981

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