69 — Ahmad ibn Yahyā al-Hulwānī also informed us, saying: Ahmad ibn Hanbal narrated to us, saying: Muhammad ibn Ja‘far narrated to us, saying: Shu‘ba narrated to us, from Simāk ibn Harb, from Alqama ibn Wā’il al-Hadramī, from his father, who said: Yazīd ibn Salama al-Ju‘fī asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), “What do you say if rulers come to power over us, demand their rights from us, and withhold our rights ⦗379⦘? What do you command us to do?” He turned away from him. He then asked him a second or third time, whereupon al-Ash‘ath ibn Qays tugged at him, and he said: “Hear and obey. They are responsible only for what they have been charged with, and you are responsible only for what you have been charged with.”