It has been narrated on the authority of Junida bin Abu Umayya who said: We called upon 'Ubadah bin Samit who was ill and said to him: May God give you health I Narrate to us a tradition which God may prove beneficial (to us) and which you have heard from the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) . He said: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) called us and we took the oath of allegiance to him. Among the injunctions he made binding upon us was: Listening and obedience (to the Amir) in our pleasure and displeasure, in our adversity and prosperity, even when somebody is given preference over us, and without disputing the delegation of powers to a man duly invested with them (Obedience shall be accorded to him in all circumstances) except when you have clear signs of his disbelief in (or disobedience to) God-signs that could be used as a conscientious justification (for non-compliance with his orders).

It has been narrated on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) that the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: A commander (of the Muslims) is a shield for them. They fight behind him and they are protected by (him from tyrants and aggressors). If he enjoins fear of God, the Exalted and Glorious, and dispenses justice, there will be a (great) reward for him; and if he enjoins otherwise, it redounds on him.

It has been narrated by Abu Hurairah (RA) that the Holy Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (may pceace be upon him) said: Banu Isra'il were ruled over by the Prophets. When one Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) died, another succeeded him; but after me there is no prophet and there will be caliphs and they will be quite large in number. His Companions said: What do you order us to do (in case we come to have more than one Caliph)? He said: The one to whom allegiance is sworn first has a supremacy over the others. Concede to them their due rights (i. e. obey them). God (Himself) will question them about the subjects whom He had entrusted to them.

The same tradition has been transmitted by a different chain of narrators.

It has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah who said: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: After me there will be favouritism anad many things that you will not like. They (his Companions) said: Messenger of Allah, what do you order that one should do it anyone from us has to live through such a time? He said: You should discharge your own responsibility (by obeying your Amir), and ask God to cuncede your right (by guiding the Amir to the right path or by replacing him by one more just and God-fearing).

It has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdul Rahman bin Abd Rabb al-Ka’bah who said: I entered the mosque when 'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'As was sitting in the shade of the Ka’bah and the people had gathered around him. I betook myself to them and sat near him. (Now)'Abdullah said: I accompanied the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) on a journey. We halted at a place. Some of us began to set right their tents, others began to compete with one another in shooting, and others began to graze their beasts, when an announcer of the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) announced that the people should gather together for prayer, so we gathered around the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) . He said: It was the duty of every Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) that has gone before me to guide his followers to what he knew was good for them and warn them against what he knew was bad for them; but this Umma of yours has its days of peace and (security) in the beginning of its career, and in the last phase of its existence it will be afflicted with trials and with things disagreeable to you. (In this phase of the Umma), there will be tremendous trials one after the other, each making the previous one dwindle into insignificance. When they would be afflicted with a trial, the believer would say: This is going to bring about my destruction. When at (the trial) is over, they would be afflicted with another trial, and the believer would say: This surely is going to be my end. Whoever wishes to be delivered from the fire and enter the garden should die with faith in Allah and the Last Day and should treat the people as he wishes to be treated by them. He who swears allegiance to a Caliph should give him the piedge of his hand and the sincerity of his heart (i. e. submit to him both outwardly as well as inwardly). He should obey him to the best of his capacity. It another man comes forward (as a claimant to Caliphate), disputing his authority, they (the Muslims) should behead the latter. The narrator says: I came close to him ('Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'As) and said to him: Can you say on oath that you heard it from the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) ? He pointed with his hands to his ears and his heart and said: My ears heard it and my mind retained it. I said to him: This cousin of yours, Mu'awiyah, orders us to unjustly consume our wealth among ourselves and to kill one another, while Allah says:" O ye who believe, do not consume your wealth among yourselves unjustly, unless it be trade based on mutual agreement, and do not kill yourselves. Verily, God is Merciful to you" (iv. 29). The narrator says that (hearing this)'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-As kept quiet for a while and then said: Obey him in so far as he is obedient to God; and diqobey him in matters involving disobedience to God.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of A'mash with a different chain of transmitters.

It has been narrated on the authority of 'Abd Rabb al-Ka’bah as-Sa'idl who said: I saw a group of people near the Ka’bah.... Then he narrated the tradition as narrated by A'mash.

It has been narrated on the authority of Usaid bin Hudair that a man from the Ansar took the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) aside and said to him: Will you not appoint me governor as you have appointed so and so? He (the Messenger of Allah) ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: You will surely come across preferential treatment after me, so you should be patient until you meet me at the Cistern (Haud-i-Kauthar).

This tradition has been narrated on the same authority through a different chain of transmitters.