Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ الْحُصَيْنِ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَدَّتَهُ قَالَتْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَخْطُبُ بِعَرَفَاتٍ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ وَلَوْ اسْتُعْمِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ عَبْدٌ يَقُودُكُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَاسْمَعُوا لَهُ وَأَطِيعُوا قَالَ عَبْد اللَّهِ و سَمِعْت أَبِي يَقُولُ إِنِّي لَأَرَى لَهُ السَّمْعَ وَالطَّاعَةَ فِي الْعُسْرِ وَالْيُسْرِ وَالْمَنْشَطِ وَالْمَكْرَهِ.
English Translation
Affan told us, he said: Shu'bah told us, he said: Yahya ibn al-Husayn told us: he informed me that he heard his grandmother say: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) delivering a sermon at Arafat, saying: "Even if a slave were made to govern over you, leading you by the Book of Allah, then listen to him and obey." Abdullah said: And I heard my father say: "I hold the view that listening and obedience are due to him in hardship and ease, in willingness and reluctance."