Hadith
Sunan Ibn Majah #2597
The Chapters on Jihad· كتاب الجهاد
sunan_ibn_majah:2597حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعُ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ الْحُصَيْنِ، عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ أُمِّ الْحُصَيْنِ، قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " إِنْ أُمِّرَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ حَبَشِيٌّ مُجَدَّعٌ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا مَا قَادَكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ " .
“Even if the one appointed over you is a mutilated Ethiopian slave whose nose and ears have been cut off, listen to him and obey, so long as he leads you according to the Book of Allah.”
Chain 1·6 narrators
5
Muhammad ibn Abdullah← Oldest
محمد بن عبد الله
Narratorprophet
Transmitted via “سمعت”
narrated to
4
جدته أم الحصين
جدته أم الحصين
Narratorunknown
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
3
يحيى بن الحصين
يحيى بن الحصين
Narratorunknown
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
2
Gen 4thiqa
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
1
Wakīʿ ibn al-Jarrāḥ
وكيع بن الجراح
Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
narrated to
0
Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah← Compiler
أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة
Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
Legend: Sahabi Tabi'i Taba Tabi'in Later
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