66 — Al-Firyābī also narrated to us, saying: Qutayba ibn Saʿīd narrated to us, from Mālik ibn Anas, from Yahyā ibn Saʿīd, who said: Ubāda ibn al-Walīd informed me, saying: My father informed me, from his father, who said:

“We pledged allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), undertaking to hear and obey in ease and hardship, whether willing or reluctant; not to contest authority with those who hold it; and to uphold—or ⦗377⦘ speak—the truth wherever we might be, fearing no critic’s reproach in the cause of Allah.”