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Sahih Muslim 1838aصحيح مسلم 1838a
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَدَّتِي، تُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهَا سَمِعَتِ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَخْطُبُ فِي حَجَّةِ الْوَدَاعِ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ " وَلَوِ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ يَقُودُكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا " .
It has been narrated on the authority of Yahya b. Husain who learnt the tradition from his grandmother. She said that she heard the Prophet (ﷺ) delivering his sermon on the occasion of the Last Pilgrimage. He was saying: If a slave is appointed over you and he conducts your affairs according to the Book of Allah, you should listen to him and obeey (his orders).
Grading
Sahih (authentic by the consensus of hadith scholars)
Chain of narrators
محمد بن المثنى بن عبيد ← محمد بن جعفر ← شعبة بن الحجاج بن الورد ← يحيى بن الحصين ← أم الحصين بنت إسحاق
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna ibn Ubayd → Muhammad ibn Ja'far → Shu'ba ibn al-Hajjaj ibn al-Ward → Yahya ibn al-Husayn → Umm al-Husayn bint Ishaq