مسند اسحاق بن راهويه
Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwiya
كتاب الامارةBook of Leadership
Command to obey the leader who upholds Allah's religion
Hadith 890
أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ، نا يُونُسُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنِ الْعَيْزَارِ بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أُمَّ الْحُصَيْنِ الْأَخْمَسِيَّةَ تَقُولُ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ يَخْطُبُ النَّاسَ وَعَلَيْهِ بُرْدٌ قَدِ الْتَفَعَ بِهِ مِنْ تَحْتِ إِبْطِهِ، وَإِنَّ عَضَلَةَ عَضُدِهِ لَتَرْتَجُّ، وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: ((اسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا وَلَوْ أُمِّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيُّ مُجَدَّعُ مَا أَقَامَ لَكُمْ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ)).
Lady Umm al-Husayn (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) during the Farewell Pilgrimage, he was delivering a sermon to the people, and he was wearing a cloak, which he had wrapped under his armpit, and the muscle of his arm was trembling. And I heard him (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Listen and obey, even if a slave with a mutilated nose and ears, an Abyssinian, is appointed as your leader/ruler over you, as long as he establishes the Book of Allah among you."
