(9) باب فِي الْخُلَفَاءِ
Sulaiman al-A'mash said:
I prayed the Friday prayer with al-Hajjaj and he addressed. He then transmitted the tradition of Abu Bakr b. 'Ayyash. He said in it: Hear and obey the caliph of Allah and his select 'Abd al-Malik bin Marwan. He then transmitted the rest of the tradition, and said: If I seized Rabi'ah for Mudar. But he did not mention the story of the clients (i.e. non Arabs). (ES)
Reference (ES): Sunan Abi Dawud 4645 (ES)
In-book reference (ES): Book 42, Hadith 50 (ES)
English translation (ES): Book 41, Hadith 4628 (ES)