Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 7203
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ دِينَارٍ، قَالَ شَهِدْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ حَيْثُ اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ عَلَى عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ ـ قَالَ ـ كَتَبَ إِنِّي أُقِرُّ بِالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ لِعَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَى سُنَّةِ اللَّهِ وَسُنَّةِ رَسُولِهِ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُ، وَإِنَّ بَنِيَّ قَدْ أَقَرُّوا بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ.
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Dīnār said: I was present with Ibn ʿUmar when the people united around ʿAbd al-Malik. He wrote: “I acknowledge listening and obedience to ʿAbd al-Malik, Commander of the Faithful, according to the practice of God and the practice of His Messenger, as much as I am able; and my sons have made the same acknowledgment.”
Translation notes
The source records Ibn ʿUmar’s written acknowledgment of allegiance to ʿAbd al-Malik and explicitly qualifies it with “as much as I am able.”