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Sahih al-Bukhari 7142

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “You should listen to and obey, your ruler even if he was an Ethiopian (black) slave whose head looks like a raisin.”

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حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي التَّيَّاحِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رضى الله عنه

قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «اسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا وَإِنِ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ زَبِيبَةٌ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “You should listen to and obey, your ruler even if he was an Ethiopian (black) slave whose head looks like a raisin.”

আনাস ইবনু মালিক (রাঃ) হতে বর্ণিত। তিনি বলেন, রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম বলেছেনঃ যদি তোমাদের উপর এমন কোন হাবশী দাসকেও শাসক নিযুক্ত করা হয়, যার মাথাটি কিশমিশের মত তবুও তার কথা শোন ও তার আনুগত্য কর। [৬৯৩]

ہم سے مسدد نے بیان کیا، انہوں نے کہا ہم سے یحییٰ نے بیان کیا، ان سے شعبہ نے بیان کیا، ان سے ابوالتیاح نے اور ان سے انس بن مالک رضی اللہ عنہ نے بیان کیا کہ رسول اللہ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم نے فرمایا ”سنو اور اطاعت کرو، خواہ تم پر کسی ایسے حبشی غلام کو ہی عامل بنایا جائے جس کا سر منقیٰ کی طرح چھوٹا ہو۔“

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Musaddad] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Yahya bin Sa'id] dari [Syu'bah] dari [Abu tayyah] dari [Anas bin Malik] radliallahu 'anhu mengatakan, Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda: "Dengarlah dan taatilah sekalipun yang memimpin kalian adalah seorang budak habsyi, seolah-olah kepalanya gimbal

Enes b. Malik'in nakline göre Resulullah Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem şöyle buyurmuştur: "(İdarecilerinizin emirlerini) dinleyiniz ve onlara itaat ediniz. Üzerinize tayin olunan vali başı siyah kuru üzüm gibi (kıvrım kıurım olan) Habeşli bir köle olsa bile

Sahih al-Bukhari 7142, Book 93, Judgments (Ahkaam), Hadith 6. 1 min read

What it means

Listen to your rulers and be obedient to them even if an Abyssinian slave whose head is like a raisin is appointed to be your leader. The comparison of his head to a raisin denotes physical description, because the hair of Abyssinians is not like the hair of the Arabs. Abyssinian hair is curly, with their curls resembling raisins.

This is an emphasis on the fact that the mentioned ruler is of pure Abyssinian descent. "Was appointed a ruler over you" indicates that the order to listen and obey includes the deputy of the supreme leader as well as the leader himself. If it happens that a leader overcame the people and took control of them and he is not an Arab, rather, he is an Abyssinian slave, then it is our duty to listen and obey him.

This Hadīth is proof that it is obligatory to be obedient to the rulers, except if they order us to disobey Allah, because obedience to them ensures stability and security, and prevents chaos and the pursuit of personal inclinations and desires. If someone disobeys the rulers in a matter where it is obligatory to obey them, then this leads to chaos and the bias of each individual to his own opinion.

Consequently, security is compromised, state matters fall into disorder, and trials and tribulations become widespread.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam al-Bukhari back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam al-BukhariCompiler, died 256 AH
  2. 2Musaddad ibn MusarhadTold us, Fourth generation, died 228 AH
  3. 3Yahya ibn Said al-QattanTold us, Third generation, died 198 AH
  4. 4Shubah ibn al-HajjajFrom, Third generation, died 160 AH
  5. 5Yazid ibn HumaydFrom, Successor, died 128 AH
  6. 6Anas ibn MalikFrom, Companion, died 90 AH

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