from Jabir, under no. (791). Another wording is: “Indeed, the most beloved of you to me on the Day of Resurrection are those of you with the finest character, and the most hated of you to me on the Day of Resurrection are those who speak affectedly and the pretentious.”

Al-Ṭabarānī narrated it from Ibn Masʿūd, attributing it to the Prophet. Al-Haythamī (8/21) said: “Its chain includes ʿAbd Allah al-Ramādī, whom I do not know.” Al-Bazzār also narrated it with the wording: “Shall I not inform you of the best among you?”

It has supporting reports that strengthen it; see the two hadiths before it.

752 — “Obedience to the ruler is binding upon the Muslim so long as he does not command disobedience to Allah. If he commands disobedience to Allah, then he is not to be obeyed.”

Tamām recorded it in al-Fawāʾid (10/1): Al-Ḥasan ibn Ḥabīb informed us; Badr ibn al-Haytham al-Dimashqī narrated to us; Sulaymān ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Mughrā narrated to us, from ʿUbayd Allah ibn ʿUmar,