رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 665
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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 أنس رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم “اسمعوا وأطيعوا، وإن استعمل عليكم عبد حبشي، كأن رأسه زبيبة” ((رواه البخارى)).
Translation
English translation
Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Hear and obey even if an Abyssinian slave whose head is like a raisin is placed in authority over you." [Al- Bukhari].
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This is Hadith 665 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 665 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 666
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