سلسله احاديث صحيحه
Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah
الخلافة والبيعة والطاعة والامارةBook of Caliphate, Allegiance, Obedience, and Leadership
Order of leadership in the Muslim Ummah
Hadith 1392
- (أولُ هذا الأ مرِ نبوةٌ ورحمةٌ، ثمَّ يكونُ خلافةٌ ورحمةٌ، ثمّ يكون مُلكاً ورحمةً، ثمّ يتكادمون عليه تكادُم الحُمُرِ، فعليكُم بالجهادِ، وإن أفضل جهادِكم الرِّباطُ، وإن أفضلَ رباطِكم عسقلانُ) .
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The beginning of this matter was Prophethood and mercy, then there will be Caliphate and mercy, and then kingship and mercy. After that, people will fall upon it like donkeys biting each other. You must hold fast to Jihad; the best Jihad is Ribaat (stationing oneself at the frontier), and the Ribaat of (the coastal city of) Asqalan (in Syria) is the most virtuous."
