صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim — Hadith 3428
Compiled by Imam Muslim
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنِى زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ حَدَّثَنِي وَرْقَاءُ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَعَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ إِنَّمَا الْإِمَامُ جُنَّةٌ يُقَاتَلُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ وَيُتَّقَى بِهِ فَإِنْ أَمَرَ بِتَقْوَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَعَدَلَ كَانَ لَهُ بِذَلِكَ أَجْرٌ وَإِنْ يَأْمُرْ بِغَيْرِهِ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْهُ
English Translation
Telah menceritakan kepada kami Ibrahim dari Muslim telah menceritakan kepadaku [Zuhair bin Harb] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Syababah] telah menceritakan kepadaku [Warqa`] dari [Abu Az Zinad] dari [Al A'raj] dari [Abu Hurairah] dari Nabi shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam, beliau bersabda: "Seorang imam itu ibarat perisai, seseorang berperang di belakangnya (mendukung) dan berlindung (dari musuh) dengan (kekuasaan) nya. Jika seorang imam (pemimpin) memerintahkan supaya takwa kepada Allah 'azza wajalla dan berlaku adil, maka dia (imam) akan mendapatkan pahala karenanya, dan jika dia (imam) memerintahkan selain itu, maka ia akan mendapatkan siksa."
About Sahih Muslim
Born
204 AH / 820 CE — Nishapur, Iran
Died
261 AH / 875 CE
Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj was a student of Imam al-Bukhari. He compiled Sahih Muslim selecting from approximately 300,000 hadiths, arranging his collection thematically and grouping all chains of each hadith together — making it uniquely easy to study the complete transmission history of a single narration.
Sahih Muslim took 15 years to complete. Its unique arrangement — all isnads for one hadith in one place — remains unmatched in the hadith literature.
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