رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 662
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Chapter 78
Chapter context: Obligation of Obedience to the Ruler in what is Lawful and Prohibition of Obeying them in what is Unlawful
- باب وجوب طاعة ولاة الأمر في غير معصية وتحريم طاعتهم في المعصية
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Original Arabic
وعن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما عن النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: “على المرء المسلم السمع والطاعة فيما أحب وكره، إلا أن يؤمر بمعصية، فإذا أمر بمعصية فلا سمع ولا طاعة” ((متفق عليه))
Translation
English translation
Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "It is obligatory upon a Muslim to listen (to the ruler) and obey whether he likes it or not, except when he is ordered to do a sinful thing; in such case, there is no obligation to listen or to obey." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
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This is Hadith 662 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 662 under the chapter “Obligation of Obedience to the Ruler in what is Lawful and Prohibition of Obeying them in what is Unlawful.”
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Arabic/English book : Book 1, Hadith 663
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