al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 7786
✧ The virtue of speaking truthfully in the presence of an unjust leader.
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أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ مَرْثَدٍ عَنْ طَارِقِ بْنِ شِهَابٍ
أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ وَقَدْ وَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ فِي الْغَرْزِ أَيُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «كَلِمَةُ حَقٍّ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِرٍ»
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Chain of narrators
- Isḥāq b. Manṣūr
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman
- Sufyān
- ʿAlqamah / Ibn Marthad
- Ṭāriq b. Shihāb
✧ A man asked the Prophet ﷺ while he had placed his foot in the stirrup: "Which jihad is best?" He said: "A word of truth in the presence of a tyrannical ruler."
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Same hadith, other wordings
- Riyadhus Shalihin 195أن رجلاً سأل النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم، وقد وضع رجله في الغرز: أي الجهاد أفضل؟ قال: “كلمة حق عند سلطان جائر"