Muwatta Malik #1937
The Oath of Allegiance
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، كَتَبَ إِلَى عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ يُبَايِعُهُ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ . أَمَّا بَعْدُ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَلاَمٌ عَلَيْكَ فَإِنِّي أَحْمَدُ إِلَيْكَ اللَّهَ الَّذِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ وَأُقِرُّ لَكَ بِالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ عَلَى سُنَّةِ اللَّهِ وَسُنَّةِ رَسُولِهِ فِيمَا اسْتَطَعْتُ .
Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Dinar that Abdullah ibn
Umar wrote to Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, making an oath of allegiance.
He wrote, "In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate. To
the slave of Allah, Abd al-Malik, the amir al-muminin, Peace be upon
you. I praise Allah to you. There is no god but Him. I acknowledge
your right to my hearing and my obedience according to the sunna of
Allah and the sunna of His Prophet, in what I am able."
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This hadith is #1937 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of The Oath of Allegiance.