limbs.” Al-Bukhārī reports:
“Even if it is an Abyssinian whose head is like a raisin.”
In Sahīh Muslim, Umm al-Husayn, may Allah be pleased with her, reported that she heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saying during the Farewell Pilgrimage:
“Even if a slave is appointed to lead you according to the Book of Allah, listen and obey.”
Another wording reads: “A mutilated Abyssinian slave.”
In Sahīh Muslim, Awf ibn Mālik, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
“The best of your rulers are those whom you love and who love you, for whom you pray and who pray for you. The worst of your rulers are those whom you hate and who hate you, whom you curse and who curse you.”
We asked, “O Messenger of Allah, should we not then oppose them with the sword?”
He replied: “No, so long as they establish prayer among you. No, so long as they establish prayer among you. Indeed, whoever has a ruler appointed over him and sees him committing an act of disobedience to Allah should detest that act of disobedience, but must not withdraw his obedience.”
In Sahīh Muslim, Abd Allāh ibn Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:
“Those who act justly will be with Allah on pulpits of light, to the right of the Most Merciful—and both His hands are right hands. They are those who are just in their judgments, with their families, and in whatever is entrusted to them.”
In Sahīh Muslim, Ā’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, reported that she heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, saying:
“O Allah, whoever assumes responsibility for any of my community’s affairs and makes things difficult for them, make things difficult for him. Whoever assumes responsibility for any of my community’s affairs and treats them gently, treat him gently.”
In the two Sahīh collections, al-Hasan al-Basrī said: “Ubayd Allāh ibn Ziyād visited Maqil ibn Yasār during the illness from which he died