The Book of al-Bay'ah
كتاب البيعة
Chapter 5: Pledging Obedience Even When Other Are Preferred Over Us
"You have to obey when you feel energetic and when you feel tired, during your ease and your hardship, and when others are preferred over you."
Chapter 6: Pledging To Be Sincere Toward Every Muslim
"I pledged to the Messenger of Allah to be sincere toward ever Muslim."
Chapter 15: Mention Of The Difference Of Opinion As To Whether Emigration Is Still Obligatory Or Not
"We came in a delegation to the messenger of Allah, each of us with a question to ask him. I was the last of them to come in to the Messenger of Allah, and I said: 'O Messenger of Allah, I have left people behind me, and they are saying that emigration (Hijrah) has ceased.' He said: 'Emigration will not cease so long as the disbelievers are being fought."'
Chapter 18: The Women's Pledge
"I came to the Prophet with some other Ansari women to give our pledge. We said: 'O Messenger of Allah, we give you our pledge that we will not associate anything with Allah, we will not steal, we will not have unlawful sexual relations, we will not utter slander, fabricating from between our hands and feet, and we will not disobey you in goodness.' He said: 'As much as you can and are able.' We said: 'Allah and His Messenger are more merciful toward us. Com, let us give you our pledge, O Messenger of Allah! The Messenger of Allah said: 'I do not shake hands with women. Rather my word to a hundred women is like my word to one woman."'
Chapter 20: The Pledge Of A Child
"I stretched forth my hand to the Prophet for him to accept my pledge, when I was a child, but he did not accept my pledge."
Chapter 24: Pledging To Da As Much As One Can
"I gave my pledge to the Prophet to hear and obey, and he told me to add the words.' In as much as you can, and to be since toward every Muslim"'. (Sahih) '
"We gave pledge to the Messenger of Allah among a group of women, and he said to us: 'In as much as you can and are able ."'
Chapter 29: The Stern Warning Against Disobeying The Imam
"Military campaigns are of two types: as for the one who seeks the Face of Allah, obeys the imam, spends what is precious and avoids mischief, whether he is asleep or awake, he is earning reward. But as for the one who fights in order to show off and gain a reputation, and disobeys the imam and spreads mischief in the land, he comes back empty-handed." (Da 'if)
Chapter 32: The Inner Circle Of The Imam
'No ruler is appointed but he has tow groups of advisers: A group which urges him to do good and tells him not to do evil, and a group which does its best to corrupt him. Whoever is protected from their evil is indeed protected. And he (the ruler) belongs to the group that has the greater influence over him."
"Allah never sends a prophet or appoints a Khalifah but he has two groups of advisers: A group that tells him to do good and a group that tells him to do evil and urges him to do it. And the one who is truly protected is the one who is protected by Allah, the Mighty and Sublime."
'No prophet has eve been sent, nor has there been any Khalifah after him, but he has two groups of advisers, a group that tells him to do good and a group that tells him to do evil. Whoever is protected from the evil group, then he is indeed protected.
Chapter 33: The Minister Of The Imam
" I heard my paternal aunt say: 'The Messenger of Allah said; "Whoever among you is appointed to a position of authority. If Allah wills good for him. He will give him a righteous minister who will remind him if he forgets and help him if he remembers
Chapter 35: Mentioning The Warning To Those Who Help The Leader To Do Wrong.
"The Messenger of Allah came out to us, and there were nine of us. He said; 'After me there will be rulers, whoever believes in their lies and helps them in their wrongdoing is not of me, and I am not of him, and he will not come to me at the Cistern. Whoever does not believe their lies and does not help them in their wrongdoing, he is of me, and I am of hi, and he will come to me at the Cistern."'
Chapter 37: The Virtue Of The One Who Speaks The Truth Before An Unjust Ruler
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."
Chapter 1: Pledging To Hear And Obey
"We pledged to the Messenger of Allah to hear and obey, both in times of ease and hardship, when we felt energetic and when we felt tired, that we would not contend with the orders of whomever was entrusted with it, that we would was entrusted with it, that we would stand firm in the way of truth wherever we may be, and that we would not fear the blame of the blamers."
Chapter 4: Pledging To Speak Justly
"We pledged to the Messenger of Allah to hear and obey during our hardship and our ease, when we felt energetic and when we felt tired, that we would not contend with the orders of whomever was entrusted with it, that we would stand for justice wherever we may be, and that we would not fear the blame of any blamer for the sake of Allah.
Chapter 7: Pledging Not To Flee (From The Battlefield)
"We did not give our pledge to the Messenger of Allah for death, rather we pledged not to flee (from battle)."
Chapter 10: Pledging To Emigrate (Al-Hijrah)
"I have come pledging to emigrate (Hijrah), and I have left my parents weeping." He said: "Go back to them, and make them smile as you made them weep."
Chapter 14: Encouragement to Emigrate
"O Messenger of Allah, tell me of an action that I may do and persist in it." The Messenger of Allah said to him: "You should emigrate, for there is nothing like it."