It was also recorded by Ibn Hibban in his Sahih (9/179–180), in the hadith of Khabbab ibn al-Aratt and the hadith of Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqas; thus, it seems that he had forgotten it when he made the preceding statement.

Note: The annotator of al-Ihsan (3/254) graded the hadith of Muhammad ibn Fulayh as good, overlooking the fact that it contradicts the other routes of transmission for the hadith—some of which are found in al-Bukhari and Muslim—as well as his own narration of it in al-Bayhaqi. Moreover, when he cited al-Bukhari’s wording, he did not attribute it to Muslim, but attributed it to Ahmad! This is an error in the discipline of hadith sourcing. *

3176—“Listen and obey, for they are responsible for what they have been charged with, and you are responsible for what you have been charged with.”

It was recorded by Muslim (6/11), al-Bukhari in al-Tarikh (2/2/73), Abu ‘Awanah in his Sahih (4/468–469), al-Tirmidhi (6/357/2220), al-Bayhaqi in al-Sunan (8/158) and al-Shu‘ab (6/61–62), and al-Tabarani in al-Mu‘jam al-Kabir (22/16/20), through Shu‘bah, from Simak ibn Harb, from ‘Alqamah ibn Wa’il ibn Hujr, from his father, who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, when a man asked him, saying, “What do you think if rulers are appointed over us who withhold our due from us while demanding their due from us?” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, replied: … and he then mentioned the above wording.

Al-Tirmidhi said: “A good, authentic hadith.”

It was also recorded by al-Tayalisi (137/1019) and al-Tabarani as well (no. 21), through other routes from Simak with this chain.

Al-Nawawi attributed the hadith in al-Riyad to Muslim. The one called Hassan ‘Abd al-Mannan commented on it (p. 220), saying:

“Its chain requires scrutiny!”