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Musnad Ahmad 556 (Book 4, Hadith 148) #34222
Loyalty and Faithfulness to Leaders

SUMMARY: This hadith is about the importance of loyalty and faithfulness to one's leader, and how Allah forgives those who make mistakes.

It was narrated that Shaqeeq said: 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Awf met al-Waleed bin 'Uqbah Al-Waleed said to him: Why do I see you keeping away from Ameer al-Mu'mineen 'Uthman (رضي الله عنه)? 'AbdurRahman said to him. Tell him that I did not flee on the day of Ainain - ' Asim said: The day of Uhud - and I did not stay behind on the day of Badr, and I did not turn away from the way of 'Umar (رضي الله عنه). So he went and told that to 'Uthman (رضي الله عنه), who said: As for his saying that he did not flee on the day of Ainain, how could he shame me for a fault for which Allah has pardoned me and said: 'Those of you who turned back on the day the two hosts met (ie the battle of Uhud), it was Shaitan (Satan) who caused them to backslide (run away from the battlefield) because of some (sins) they had earned. But Allah, indeed, has forgiven them'. Al 'Imran 3:155? As for his saying that I stayed behind on the day of Badr, I was tending Ruqayya, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah , when she was dying, and the Messenger of Allah allocated to me a share (of the booty), and whoever was allocated a share by the Messenger of Allah was present. and he quoted the hadeeth at length to the end.
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْد اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وَأَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، حَدَّثَنَا زَائِدَةُ، عَنْ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، قَالَ لَقِيَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ عُقْبَةَ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْوَلِيدُ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ قَدْ جَفَوْتَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ أَبْلِغْهُ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ وَأَمَّا قَوْلُهُ إِنِّي تَخَلَّفْتُ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ أُمَرِّضُ رُقَيَّةَ بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ حَتَّى مَاتَتْ وَقَدْ ضَرَبَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ بِسَهْمٍ وَمَنْ ضَرَبَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ بِسَهْمٍ فَقَدْ شَهِدَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ إِلَى آخِرِهِ‏.‏

TOPICS
loyalty  *  faithfulness  *  leaders  *  forgiveness

QUICK LESSONS:
Be loyal and faithful to your leaders even if you disagree with them sometimes. Repent sincerely for your mistakes so you can be forgiven by Allah.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith speaks about the importance of loyalty and faithfulness to one's leader. It was narrated that Shaqeeq said that Abdur-Rahman bin Awf met al-Waleed bin Uqbah Al-Waleed asked him why he was keeping away from Ameer al-Mu'mineen Uthman. AbdurRahman replied by saying that he did not flee on the day of Uhud or stay behind on the day of Badr or turn away from the way of Umar. When Uthman heard this he said that Allah has pardoned him for his mistake on Uhud as mentioned in Surah Al Imran 3:155 which states "Those of you who turned back on the day the two hosts met it was Shaitan who caused them to backslide because of some sins they had earned. But Allah indeed has forgiven them." He also mentioned how he stayed behind at Badr because he was tending Ruqqaya daughter of Prophet Muhammad when she was dying and Prophet Muhammad allocated a share for him which meant he was present at Badr even though physically absent. This hadith teaches us about loyalty and faithfulness towards our leaders even if we disagree with them sometimes as well as forgiveness from Allah for our mistakes if we repent sincerely.

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