Hadith 10450

Chapter 37

باب 37

(37) باب فَضْلِ مَنْ تَكَلَّمَ بِالْحَقِّ عِنْدَ إِمَامٍ جَائِرٍ

(37) Chapter: The Virtue Of The One Who Speaks The Truth Before An Unjust Ruler (PT)
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أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَدْ وَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ فِي الْغَرْزِ أَىُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ " كَلِمَةُ حَقٍّ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ " .

It was narrated from Tariq bin Shihab that:
a man asked the Prophet, when he had put his leg in the stirrup: "Which kind of Jihad is best?'" He said: " a word of truth spoken before an unjust rulers." (PT)

Reference (PT): Sunan an-Nasa'i 4209 (PT)

In-book reference (PT): Book 39, Hadith 61 (PT)

English translation (PT): Vol. 5, Book 39, Hadith 4214 (PT)