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Sunan Ibn Majah 2863 (Book 24, Hadith 111) #32217
Obeying Commands Involving Disobedience to Allah

SUMMARY: The hadith is about a group of people who were commanded to do something that would involve disobedience to Allah, and the Prophet ﷺ warned them not to obey such orders.

It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed Al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent 'Alqamah bin Mujazziz at the head of a detachment, and I was among them. When he reached the battle site, or when he was partway there, a group of the army asked permission to take a different route, and he gave them permission, and appointed 'Abdullah bin Hudhafah bin Qais As-Sahmi as their leader, and I was one of those who fought alongside with him. When we were partway there, the people lit a fire to warm themselves and cook some food'.Abdullah, who was a man who liked to joke, said: "Do I not have the right that you should listen to me and obey?" They said: "Yes". He said: "And if I command you to do something, will you not do it?" They said: "Of course". He said: "Then I command you to jump into this fire". Some people got up and got ready to jump, and when he saw that they were about to jump, he said: "Restrain yourselves, for I was joking with you". When we came to Al-Madinah, they mentioned that to the Prophet ﷺ, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever among you commands you to do something that involves disobedience to Allah, do not obey him".
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ ثَوْبَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ مُجَزِّزٍ عَلَى بَعْثٍ وَأَنَا فِيهِمْ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى إِلَى رَأْسِ غَزَاتِهِ أَوْ كَانَ بِبَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ اسْتَأْذَنَتْهُ طَائِفَةٌ مِنَ الْجَيْشِ فَأَذِنَ لَهُمْ وَأَمَّرَ عَلَيْهِمْ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ حُذَافَةَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ السَّهْمِيَّ فَكُنْتُ فِيمَنْ غَزَا مَعَهُ فَلَمَّا كَانَ بِبَعْضِ الطَّرِيقِ أَوْقَدَ الْقَوْمُ نَارًا لِيَصْطَلُوا أَوْ لِيَصْنَعُوا عَلَيْهَا صَنِيعًا فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ - وَكَانَتْ فِيهِ دُعَابَةٌ - أَلَيْسَ لِي عَلَيْكُمُ السَّمْعُ وَالطَّاعَةُ قَالُوا بَلَى ‏.‏ قَالَ فَمَا أَنَا بِآمِرِكُمْ بِشَىْءٍ إِلاَّ صَنَعْتُمُوهُ قَالُوا نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَإِنِّي أَعْزِمُ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلاَّ تَوَاثَبْتُمْ فِي هَذِهِ النَّارِ ‏.‏ فَقَامَ نَاسٌ فَتَحَجَّزُوا فَلَمَّا ظَنَّ أَنَّهُمْ وَاثِبُونَ قَالَ أَمْسِكُوا عَلَى أَنْفُسِكُمْ فَإِنَّمَا كُنْتُ أَمْزَحُ مَعَكُمْ ‏.‏ فَلَمَّا قَدِمْنَا ذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ‏ "‏ مَنْ أَمَرَكُمْ مِنْهُمْ بِمَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ فَلاَ تُطِيعُوهُ
TOPICS
command  *  disobedience  *  obedience  *  amr  *  inqitaa  *  wasallam  *  itaaah  *  muhammad

QUICK LESSONS:
Respect for authority figures , Obey God's commandments over any other commandment given by humans , Caution when following orders from those in power so as not compromise one's faith or beliefs .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the importance of obeying commands from those in authority, but only if they do not involve disobedience to Allah. It was narrated by Abu Saeed Al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah sent 'Alqamah bin Mujazziz at the head of a detachment, and he appointed 'Abdullah bin Hudhafah bin Qais As-Sahmi as their leader. When they stopped for a break, Abdullah jokingly asked them if he could command them to do something and they said yes. He then asked them to jump into a fire, but when he saw that they were about to obey him he told them it was just a joke. When they returned back home, this incident was mentioned in front of the Prophet and he warned them not to obey any commands which involve disobedience towards Allah. This hadith teaches us an important lesson; we should always be careful when following orders from those in authority because even though we must respect their authority we must also make sure that what we are being asked does not go against our faith or beliefs. We should never compromise our faith for anyone or anything else no matter how powerful or influential someone may be.

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