It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Juraij that the Qur'anic injunction:"" 0 you who believe, obey Allah, His Apostle and those in authority from amongst You"" (iv. 59) -was revealed in respect of 'Abdullah b. Hudhafa b. Qais b. Adi al-Sahmi who was despatched by the Prophet (ﷺ) as leader of a military campaig...

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Holy prophet (ﷺ) said:Whoso obeys me obeys God, and whoso disobeys me disobeys God. Whoso obeys the commander (appointed by me) obeys me, and whoso disobeys the commander disobeys me. The same tradition transmitted by different persons omits the portion: And...

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Holy prophet (ﷺ) said:Whoso obeys me obeys God, and whoso disobeys me disobeys God. Whoso obeys the commander (appointed by me) obeys me, and whoso disobeys the commander disobeys me. The same tradition transmitted by different persons omits the portion: And...

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Whoso obeys me obeys God; and whose disobeys me disobeys God. Whoso obeys my commander obeys me, and whoso disobeys my commander disobeys me

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira through another chain of transmitters

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira by more than one chain of transmitters

Hammam b. Munabbih has transmitted this hadith on the authority of Abu Huraira

According to one version of the tradition, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Whoso obeys the commander. He did not say:"" My commander

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:It is obligatory for you to listen to the ruler and obey him in adversity and prosperity, in pleasure and displeasure, and even when another person is given (rather undue) preference over you

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Dharr who said:My friend (i. e. the Holy Prophet) advised me to listen (to the man in position of authority) and obey (him) even if he were a slave maimed (and disabled)

In another version of the tradition, we have the wording:"" An Abyssinian slave maimed and disabled

Abu 'Imran narrated this hadith with a slight change of wording

It has been narrated on the authority of Yahya b. Husain who learnt the tradition from his grandmother. She said that she heard the Prophet (ﷺ) delivering his sermon on the occasion of the Last Pilgrimage. He was saying:If a slave is appointed over you and he conducts your affairs according to the Book of Allah, you sh...

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters, and he said:""An Abyssinian slave

In other versions of the above tradition, the wordings are"" an Abyssinian slave."" and"" a maimed Abyssinian slave

Another version of the tradition does not qualify the slave with the epithets"" maimed,"""" an Abyssinian"" but makes the addition:"" I have heard the Prophet (ﷺ) (say this) at Mina or 'Arafat

It has been narrated on the authority of Yahya b. Husain who learnt the tradition from his grandmother. Umm Husain. He said':I heard her say: I performed Hajjat-ul-Wada' in the company of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said a lot of things (on this occasion). Then I heard him say: If a maimed slave is appointed a comma...

It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:It is obligatory upon a Muslim that he should listen (to the ruler appointed over him) and obey him whether he likes it or not, except that he is ordered to do a sinful thing. If he is ordered to do a sinful act, a Muslim should neither listen...

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of 'Ubaidullah

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu 'Abd al-Rahman from 'Ali that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent a force (on a mission) and appointed over them a man. He kindled a fire and said:Enter it. Some people made up their minds to enter it (the fire), (carrying out the order of their commander), but the others said: ...

It has been narrated on the authority of 'All who said:The Mersenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent an expeditionand appointed over the Mujahids a man from the Ansar. (While making the appointment), he ordered that his work should be listened to and obeyed. They made him angry in a matter. He said: Collect for me dry wood. They col...

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of A'mash

It has been narrated on the authority of"" Ubida who learnt the tradition from his father who, in turn, learnt it from his own father. 'Ubada's grandfather said:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) took an oath of allegiance from us on our listening to and obeying the orders of our commander in adversity and prosperity, in pleas...

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Ubada b. Walid with the same chain of transmitters

The same tradition has been handed down through more than one chain of transmitters

It has been narrated on the authority of Junida b. Abu Umayya who said:We called upon 'Ubada b. Samit who was ill and said to him: May God give you health I Narrate to us a tradition which God may prove beneficial (to us) and which you have heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) call...

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Prophet of Allah (ﷺ) said:A commander (of the Muslims) is a shield for them. They fight behind him and they are protected by (him from tyrants and aggressors). If he enjoins fear of God, the Exalted and Glorious, and dispenses justice, there will be a (great...

It has been narrated by Abu Huraira that the Prophet (may pceace be upon him) said:Banu Isra'il were ruled over by the Prophets. When one Prophet died, another succeeded him; but after me there is no prophet and there will be caliphs and they will be quite large in number. His Companions said: What do you order us to d...

The same tradition has been transmitted by a different chain of narrators

It has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah who said:The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: After me there will be favouritism and many things that you will not like. They (his Companions) said: Messenger of Allah, what do you order that one should do if anyone from us has to live through such a time? He said: You sho...