Hadith 23084

Chapter 15

باب 15

(15) باب إِذَا بُويِعَ لِخَلِيفَتَيْنِ

(15) Chapter: When allegiance has been sworn to two caliphs (DE)
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وَحَدَّثَنِي وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ الْوَاسِطِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي، نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " إِذَا بُويِعَ لِخَلِيفَتَيْنِ فَاقْتُلُوا الآخَرَ مِنْهُمَا " .

It has been narrated on the authority of Aba Sa'id al-Khudri that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
When oath of allegiance has been taken for two caliphs, kill the one for whom the oath was taken later. (DE)

Reference (DE): Sahih Muslim 1853 (DE)

In-book reference (DE): Book 33, Hadith 96 (DE)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 20, Hadith 4568 (DE)