Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 207
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي مَخْرَمَةُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ مَوْلَى عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ: الْعَبْدُ إِذَا أَطَاعَ سَيِّدَهُ، فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، فَإِذَا عَصَى سَيِّدَهُ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ahmad ibn Isa narrated to us. He said: Abd Allah ibn Wahb narrated to us. He said: Makhrama ibn Bukayr informed me, from his father, from Abd Allah ibn Sa‘d, the client of Aisha, the Prophet’s wife, peace and blessings be upon him. He said: I heard Abu Hurayra say: ‘When a servant obeys his master, he has obeyed Allah, Mighty and Majestic. When he disobeys his master, he has disobeyed Allah, Mighty and Majestic.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
This translation preserves the report’s wording without adding qualifications that are not stated in the Arabic.
الْعَبْدُ إِذَا أَطَاعَ سَيِّدَهُ، فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، فَإِذَا عَصَى سَيِّدَهُ فَقَدْ عَصَى اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.
The source states this correspondence without specifying limits or qualifications in this passage.
Should any contextual qualification be supplied only in a separately sourced editorial note?