Collection: Riyad as-Salihin

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “It is obligatory upon you to listen and obey the orders of the ruler in prosperity and adversity, whether you are willing or unwilling, or when someone is given undue preference to you.”.

We accompanied Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on a journey. We halted at a place to take a rest. Some of us began to set right their tents, others began to graze their animals while others were engaged in competing with one another in archery when an announcer of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) announced that people […]

Salamah bin Yazid Al-Ju’f (May Allah be pleased with him) asked Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): “O Prophet of Allah! Tell us, what you command us to do if there arises over us rulers who demand of us what is due to them and refuse us what is due to us.” Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) turned […]

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “There will be discrimination after my death and there will be other matters that you will disapprove.” He was asked: “O Messenger of Allah! What do you command us to do when we are encountered with such happenings?” He answered, “Give what is due from you and supplicate to Allah […]

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “The people of Jannah will be of three kinds: A just successful ruler, a man who shows mercy to his relatives, and a pious believer who has a large family and refrains from begging.”.

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “It is obligatory upon a Muslim to listen (to the ruler) and obey whether he likes it or not, except when he is ordered to do a sinful thing; in such case, there is no obligation to listen or to obey.”.

Whenever we took a pledge of allegiance to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) to hear and obey, he (ﷺ) would say to us, “As far as you are capable of.”.

Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “One who withdraws his hand from obedience (to the Amir) will find no argument (in his defense) when he stands before Allah on the Day of Resurrection; and one who dies without having sworn allegiance will die the death of one belonging to the Days of Ignorance.”.Another narration is: The […]

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “Hear and obey even if an Abyssinian slave whose head is like a raisin is placed in authority over you.”.

I visited ‘Ubaidullah bin Ziyad and said to him: “Dear son, I heard Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, ‘The worst of rulers are those who treat their subjects harshly. Beware, lest you should be one of them.”‘.