صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الإمارة
The Book on Government
باب فِي طَاعَةِ الأُمَرَاءِ وَإِنْ مَنَعُوا الْحُقُوقَ:
Chapter: Obeying Rulers even if they withhold the people's rights
Hadith 1846
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ وَائِلٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : " سَأَلَ سَلَمَةُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْجُعْفِيُّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ، أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ قَامَتْ عَلَيْنَا أُمَرَاءُ يَسْأَلُونَا حَقَّهُمْ وَيَمْنَعُونَا حَقَّنَا فَمَا تَأْمُرُنَا ، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ؟ ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ ، فَأَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ ؟ ، ثُمَّ سَأَلَهُ فِي الثَّانِيَةِ أَوْ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ ، فَجَذَبَهُ الْأَشْعَثُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ ، وَقَالَ : اسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَا حُمِّلُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ مَا حُمِّلْتُمْ " ،
It has been narrated on the authority of Alqama bin Wai'l al-Hadrami who learnt the tradition from his father. The latter said: Salama bin Yazid al-ju'afi asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) : Prophet (ﷺ) of Allah, what do you think if we have rulers who rule over us and demand that we discharge our obligations towards them, but they (themselves) do not discharge their own responsibilities towards us? What do you order us to do? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) avoided giving any answer. Salama asked him again. He (again) avoided giving any answer. Then he asked again-it was the second time or the third time-when Ash'ath bin Qais (finding that the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) was unnecessarily being pressed for answer) pulled him aside and said: Listen to them and obey them, for on them shall he their burden and on you shall be your burden.
Hadith 1846
وحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ مِثْلَهُ ، وَقَالَ : فَجَذَبَهُ الْأَشْعَثُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " اسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْهِمْ مَا حُمِّلُوا وَعَلَيْكُمْ مَا حُمِّلْتُمْ " .
It has been narrated through a different chain of transmitters. on the authority of Simak who said: Ash'ath bin Qais pulled him (Salama bin Yazid) when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Listen to them and obey them, for on them shall be the burden of what tney do and on you shall be the burden of what you do.
