2293 – Aḥmad ibn ʿUbayd informed us; ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mubashshir narrated to us; he said: Aḥmad ibn Sinān narrated to us; he said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Mahdī narrated to us; he said: Shuʿbah narrated to us, from Yaḥyā ibn Ḥuṣayn, who said: I heard my grandmother relate that she once heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “If an Abyssinian slave is appointed over you and he governs you by the Book of Allah, then listen to him and obey.” Muslim recorded it.