معجم صغير للطبراني
Al-Mu'jam al-Saghir
كتاب المناقبBook of Virtues
Description of the virtue of Quraysh for leadership and rulership
Hadith 870
حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الصَّبَاحِ الرَّقِّيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا فَيْضُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْبَجَلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرُ بْنُ كِدَامٍ ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ كُهَيْلٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي صَادِقٍ ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ نَاجِدٍ ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ كَرَّمَ اللَّهُ وَجْهَهُ فِي الْجَنَّةِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : "الأَئِمَّةُ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ أَبْرَارُهَا أُمَرَاءُ أَبْرَارِهَا ، وَفُجَّارُهَا أُمَرَاءُ فُجَّارِهَا ، وَلِكُلٍّ حَقٌّ ، فَآتُوا كُلَّ ذِي حَقٍّ حَقَّهُ ، وَإِنْ أُمِّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ مُجَدَّعٌ ، فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا مَا لَمْ يُخَيِّرْ أَحَدَكُمْ بَيْنَ إِسْلامِهِ وَبَيْنَ ضَرْبِ عُنُقِهِ ، فَإِنْ خُيِّرَ بَيْنَ إِسْلامِهِ وَبَيْنَ ضَرْبِ عُنُقِهِ فَلْيَمْدُدْ عُنُقَهُ ثَكِلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ ، فَلا دُنْيَا وَلا آخِرَةَ بَعْدَ ذَهَابِ إِسْلامِهِ ، دِينِهِ "، لَمْ يَرْوِهِ عَنْ مِسْعَرٍ ، إِلا فَيْضٌ
Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The Imam and ruler will be from the Quraysh; among them, the righteous will rule over the righteous and the wicked over the wicked, and everyone has a right. Give the rightful person his due, even if a black Abyssinian slave with a mutilated ear is appointed as your leader, listen to him and obey him as long as you are not commanded to do something against your Islam. If someone is given the choice between his Islam and having his neck struck, he should stretch out his neck; may his mother lose him, for after losing his Islam, neither his worldly life nor his Hereafter will remain."
