Hadith 671
Riyad as-Salihin
The Book of Miscellany · Obligation of Obedience to the Ruler in what is Lawful and Prohibition of Obeying them in what is Unlawful
Arabic
- وعن ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: “من كره من أميره شيئاً فليصبر، فإنه من خرج من السلطان شبراً مات ميتة جاهلية” ((متفق عليه)) .
English translation
Ibn 'Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "If a person notices in his ruler what he dislikes, he should show patience because he who departs from the (Muslim) community a cubit, dies like those who died in the Days of Ignorance." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].