Sayyiduna Abdullah bin al-Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Ziyad wanted to appoint Sayyiduna Imran bin Husayn (may Allah be pleased with him) as governor of Khurasan, but he refused. His companions said: "Have you given up becoming governor of Khurasan?" He said: "By Allah! It does not please me that its heat should fall on me while its coolness goes to the people. I fear that when I am facing the enemy, a letter will come from Ziyad; if I carry on, I will be destroyed, and if I come back, my neck will be struck off." The narrator says: Then Ziyad offered the post of governor to Sayyiduna al-Hakam bin Amr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him), and he accepted it. The narrator says: Sayyiduna Imran (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Will someone not call al-Hakam to me?" The messenger went. Sayyiduna al-Hakam (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Sayyiduna Imran (may Allah be pleased with him), and when he came in to him, Sayyiduna Imran (may Allah be pleased with him) said to Sayyiduna al-Hakam (may Allah be pleased with him): "Did you hear the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'There is no obedience to anyone in disobedience to Allah Almighty'?" He replied: "Yes!" Sayyiduna Imran (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "All praise belongs to Allah Almighty" (the narrator is in doubt; perhaps the words were:) "Allah Almighty is the Greatest."
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الخلافة / 9142
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ صحیح
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