Gardens of the Righteous — Page 136
136. GARDENS OF THE RIGHTEOUS 670. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: You are obligated to hear and to obey in prosperity and adversity, willingly or unwillingly, and even when you are treated unjustly (Muslim). 671. Abdullah ibn Umar relates: We were on a journey with the Holy. Prophet and made camp. Some were busy putting up their tents, some were occupied with sports and others with their cattle when the herald of the Holy. Prophet announced that it was time for the Prayer service. We gathered round the Holy Prophet and he addressed us, saying: Every Prophet before me was under obligation to instruct his people in that which he knew was good and to warn them against that which he apprehended was evil. As to you, you will be secure in the early part of your history and later you will encounter misfortune and that which you will dislike. One misfortune will make its predecessor appear light. One calamity will arrive and a believer will say: This is ruin; and it will pass and another will approach and he will say: This is the one, this is the one. Then he who desires to be rescued from the Fire and to enter Paradise should face his end while he believes in Allah and the Last Day, and should deal with others as he wishes to be dealt with. He who should have sworn allegiance to one leader and should have committed his hand and his heart to him should obey him to the limit of his capacity. If another should contest the authority of that leader he should be committed to the sword (Muslim). 672. Wail ibn Hujr relates that Salamah ibn Yahid Jo'ffi asked the Holy. Prophet: Tell me, if our rulers should be such that they should require from us their due and should refuse to render to us our due, what would be your direction for us? The Holy Prophet turned away from him, but he repeated his question, whereupon the Holy Prophet said: Hear them and obey them. They are accountable for their obligations and you are accountable for yours (Muslim). 673. Abdullah ibn Mas'ud relates that the Holy Prophet said: There will be discrimination after me and things that you will dislike. He was asked:. Messenger of Allah, how would you direct those of us who should encounter these things? He answered: Discharge your obligations and supplicate Allah for your rights (Bokhari and Muslim). 674. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who obeys me obeys Allah and he who disobeys me disobeys Allah, and he who obeys my appointee obeys me and he who disobeys my appointee disobeys me (Bokhari and Muslim). 675. Ibn Abbas relates that the Holy Prophet said: If a person experiences something unpleasant at the hands of a ruler he should bear it with equanimity, for he who departs from obedience a hand's breadth dies in error (Bokhari and Muslim). 676. Abu Bakr relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: He who dishonours the ruler is dishonoured by Allah (Tirmidhi).