Sunan Ibn Majah 43

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيل بْنُ بِشْرِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏ وَإِسْحَاق بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ السَّوَّاقُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏قَالَا:‏‏‏‏ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْمُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ ضَمْرَةَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو السُّلَمِيِّ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ الْعِرْبَاضَ بْنَ سَارِيَةَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏يَقُولُ:‏‏‏‏ وَعَظَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏مَوْعِظَةً ذَرَفَتْ مِنْهَا الْعُيُونُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَوَجِلَتْ مِنْهَا الْقُلُوبُ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَقُلْنَا:‏‏‏‏ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏إِنَّ هَذِهِ لَمَوْعِظَةُ مُوَدِّعٍ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَمَاذَا تَعْهَدُ إِلَيْنَا؟ قَالَ:‏‏‏‏ قَدْ تَرَكْتُكُمْ عَلَى الْبَيْضَاءِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏لَيْلُهَا كَنَهَارِهَا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏لَا يَزِيغُ عَنْهَا بَعْدِي إِلَّا هَالِكٌ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏مَنْ يَعِشْ مِنْكُمْ فَسَيَرَى اخْتِلَافًا كَثِيرًا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِمَا عَرَفْتُمْ مِنْ سُنَّتِي، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَسُنَّةِ الْخُلَفَاءِ الرَّاشِدِينَ الْمَهْدِيِّينَ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏عَضُّوا عَلَيْهَا بِالنَّوَاجِذِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالطَّاعَةِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏وَإِنْ عَبْدًا حَبَشِيًّا، ‏‏‏‏‏‏فَإِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُ كَالْجَمَلِ الْأَنِفِ، ‏‏‏‏‏‏حَيْثُمَا قِيدَ انْقَادَ .

It was narrated from 'Abdur-Rahman bin 'Amr As-Sulami that: He heard Al-'Irbad bin Sariyah say: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) delivered a moving speech to us which made our eyes flow with tears and made our hearts melt. We said: 'O Messenger of Allah. This is a speech of farewell. What did you enjoin upon us?' He said: 'I am leaving you upon a (path of) brightness whose night is like its day. No one will deviate from it after I am gone but one who is doomed. Whoever among you lives will see great conflict. I urge you to adhere to what you know of my Sunnah and the path of the Rightly-Guided Caliphs, and cling stubbornly to it. And you must obey, even if (your leader is) an Abyssinian leader. For the true believer is like a camel with a ring in its nose; wherever it is driven, it complies.