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Sunan Abi Dawud 4248 (Book 37, Hadith 9) #24538
Obeying Leaders and Disobeying Allah

SUMMARY: Obeying a leader is important, but one should not obey them if it goes against the commands of Allah.

Narrated Abdullah b. 'Amr: The Prophet as saying: If a man takes an oath of allegiance to a leader, and puts his hand on his hand and does it with the sincerity of his heart, he should obey him as much as possible. If another man comes and contests him, then behead the other one. The narrator 'Abd al-Rahman said: I asked: Have you heard this from the Messenger of Allah ? He said: My ears heard it and my heart retained it. I said: Your cousin Mu'awiyah orders us that we should do this and do that. He replied: Obey him in the acts of obedience to Allah, and disobey him in the acts of disobedience to Allah.
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ رَبِّ الْكَعْبَةِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ قَالَ ‏ "‏ مَنْ بَايَعَ إِمَامًا فَأَعْطَاهُ صَفْقَةَ يَدِهِ وَثَمَرَةَ قَلْبِهِ فَلْيُطِعْهُ مَا اسْتَطَاعَ فَإِنْ جَاءَ آخَرُ يُنَازِعُهُ فَاضْرِبُوا رَقَبَةَ الآخَرِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْتُ أَنْتَ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سَمِعَتْهُ أُذُنَاىَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي ‏.‏ قُلْتُ هَذَا ابْنُ عَمِّكَ مُعَاوِيَةُ يَأْمُرُنَا أَنْ نَفْعَلَ وَنَفْعَلَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَطِعْهُ فِي طَاعَةِ اللَّهِ وَاعْصِهِ فِي مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ

TOPICS
imam  *  obey  *  leader  *  allegiance  *  sincerity  *  disobey  *  itaat  *  bayah  *  ikhlas  *  munkar

QUICK LESSONS:
Take an oath with sincerity and commitment; obey your leaders; prioritize God's Commands over any other authority or person's commands

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about the importance of obeying a leader that one has taken an oath of allegiance to. It is important to be sincere in this oath and to obey the leader as much as possible, unless it goes against the commands of Allah. In such cases, one should disobey their leader and follow what Allah has commanded instead. This hadith teaches us that we must always prioritize our obedience to Allah over any other authority or person, no matter how powerful they may be. We must also remember that when taking an oath of allegiance, we must do so with sincerity and commitment in order for it to be valid in the eyes of God.

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