It has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah who said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: After me there will be favouritism and many things that you will not like. They (his Companions) said: Messenger of Allah, what do you order that one should do if anyone from us has to live through such a time? He said: You should discharge your own responsibility (by obeying your Amir), and ask God for your right (by guiding the Amir to the right path or by replacing him by one more just and God-fearing).
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ، وَوَكِيعٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ، الأَشَجُّ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، وَابْنُ، نُمَيْرٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ خَشْرَمٍ، قَالاَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، كُلُّهُمْ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ - حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ، وَهْبٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ بَعْدِي أَثَرَةٌ وَأُمُورٌ تُنْكِرُونَهَا " . قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ تَأْمُرُ مَنْ أَدْرَكَ مِنَّا ذَلِكَ قَالَ " تُؤَدُّونَ الْحَقَّ الَّذِي عَلَيْكُمْ وَتَسْأَلُونَ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لَكُمْ " .
Isnad
13 transmitters- 1Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybaKufa · d. ~235 AH
- 2Abu al-Ahwus, Salam bin Sulaym al-Hanafial-Kufa · d. 179 AH
- 3Waki' bin al-JarrahKufa · d. ~197 AH
- 4'Abdullah bin Sa'id al-Ashajal-Kufa · d. 257 AH
- 5Waki' bin al-JarrahKufa · d. ~197 AH
- 6Abu Karayb, Muhammad bin al-'Ala'Hamadan,al-Kufa · d. 247 AH
- 7Muhammad bin 'Abdullah bin NumayrHamadan,al-Kufa · d. 234 AH
- 8Muhammad bin Khazim al-Dariral-Kufa · d. 195 AH
- 9Ishaq bin Ibrahim bin Muhammadal-Basra · d. 253 AH
- 10'Ali bin KhashramMerv · d. 257 AH or after
- 11'Isa bin Yonus bin Abi IshaqKufa,al-Syria · d. 191 AH
- 12Sulaiman al-A'mashal-Kufa · d. 147 AH
- 13Jarir bin 'Abdullah al-BajliMedina/Kufa · d. ~51 AH
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 33, Hadith 73
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 20, Hadith 4545 (deprecated numbering scheme)