Hadith Research Libraryمكتبة الحديث والرجال

Chapter 37.0

The Virtue Of The One Who Speaks The Truth Before An Unjust Ruler

باب فَضْلِ مَنْ تَكَلَّمَ بِالْحَقِّ عِنْدَ إِمَامٍ جَائِرٍ ‏‏

1 hadiths

Sunan an-Nasa'i, 4209hasan

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

5 transmitters

Narrated by Ishaq bin Mansur al-Kausajfrom'Abdur Rahman bin MahdifromSufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-Thawrifrom'Alqama bin MrthdfromTariq bin Shahab

Hadith text · Matn

‏ كَلِمَةُ حَقٍّ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ ‏

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English translation

It was narrated from Tariq bin Shihab that:

a man asked the Prophet, when he had put his leg in the stirrup: "Which kind of Jihad is best?'" He said: " a word of truth spoken before an unjust rulers."

Original Arabic chain wording

أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَدْ وَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ فِي الْغَرْزِ أَىُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ ‏