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 1391
- " تكون النبوة فيكم ما شاء الله أن تكون، ثم يرفعها الله إذا شاء أن يرفعها ثم تكون خلافة على منهاج النبوة، فتكون ما شاء الله أن تكون، ثم يرفعها إذا شاء أن يرفعها، ثم تكون ملكا عاضا فيكون ما شاء الله أن تكون، ثم يرفعها إذا شاء الله أن يرفعها، ثم تكون ملكا جبريا فتكون ما شاء الله أن تكون، ثم يرفعها إذا شاء أن يرفعها، ثم تكون خلافة على منهاج النبوة. ثم سكت ".
Sayyiduna Nu’man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) says that we were sitting in the mosque. Bashir would pause while speaking. Meanwhile, Abu Tha’labah Khushani (may Allah be pleased with him) came and said: “Bashir bin Sa’d! Do you remember any Prophetic hadith regarding the rulers?” Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: “(In this matter) I remember your sermon.” Abu Tha’labah sat down and Hudhayfah said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Prophethood will remain among you as long as Allah wills, then Allah will remove it when He wills. After Prophethood, there will be Caliphate upon the way of Prophethood for as long as Allah wills, then Allah will remove it when He wills. Then there will be kingship according to Allah’s decree, in which there will be oppression and excess, and eventually that too will end. Then there will be coercive kingship, which after some time will also decline. After that, there will be Caliphate again upon the way of Prophethood.” Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) fell silent.
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."
