Sahih al-Bukhari
693
Chapter 10 · Call to Prayers (Adhaan)إِمَامَةِ الْعَبْدِ وَالْمَوْلَى
The imamate of the slave and the freed slave
" اسْمَعُوا وَأَطِيعُوا، وَإِنِ اسْتُعْمِلَ حَبَشِيٌّ كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ زَبِيبَةٌ ".
Show the chain of narration (Arabic)
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو التَّيَّاحِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
Translation
Anas reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “Listen and obey, even if an Abyssinian whose head is like a raisin is appointed (over you).”
Other translations
Deutsch
Anas berichtete: Der Prophet ﷺ sagte: „Hört und gehorcht, auch wenn ein Abessinier (über euch) eingesetzt wird, dessen Kopf wie eine Rosine ist.“
Türkçe
Enes (r.a.) şöyle rivayet etti: Nebî ﷺ şöyle buyurdu: “Başı kuru üzüm gibi olan bir Habeşli (başınıza) tayin edilse bile dinleyin ve itaat edin.”
Other versions of this report
The same report through another chain of narration. Matched by Claude, not reviewed.
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لأَبِي ذَرٍّ " اسْمَعْ وَأَطِعْ، وَلَوْ لِحَبَشِيٍّ كَأَنَّ رَأْسَهُ زَبِيبَةٌ ".
Anas ibn Malik reported: The Prophet ﷺ said to Abu Dharr, “Listen and obey, even if it be to an Abyssinian whose head is like a raisin.”
The journey of this hadith
From Medina to Samarqand – over 245 years and 7 stations this text was passed on, mouth to ear, teacher to student.
256AH
al-Bukhari · Samarqand
- Prophet ﷺ
- Companions (Sahaba)
- Successors (Tabiʿun)
- Successors of the Successors
- Later scholars
- Compiler
Chain as a list
- The Prophet Muhammad ﷺرسول الله ﷺ
- Anas bin Malikأَنَسٍ
d. 93 AH / 712 CE · Basrah · Comp. RA 1st Generation
- Yazid bin Hameed, Abu Tiyahأَبُو التَّيَّاحِ
d. 128 AH · Follower Tabi' 5th generation
- Shu'bah bin al-Hajjajشُعْبَةُ
d. 160 AH · Basra · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 7th generation
d. 198 AH · Succ. Taba' Tabi' 9th generation
- Muhammad bin Bashar Bindarمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ
d. 252 AH · 3rd Century AH 10th generation
- al-Bukhariالبخاري
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