Mishkat al-Masabih #3507
The Offices of Commander and Qadi
Anas reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Listen and obey, even if an Abyssinian slave with a head like a raisin* is made governor over you.”
Bukhari transmitted it.
* This is said to refer to the head being small, or to the hair being crisp and curly, or short.
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This hadith is #3507 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of The Offices of Commander and Qadi. Mishkat al-Masabih contains 4,428 hadiths across 25 books.