RENAISSANCE JANUARY 2022

32 Monthly Renaissance January 2022 Ḥ ad ī th “ Sayyid al-Qawm Kh ā dimuhum ” Narratives Dr Shehzad Saleem In this article, we will analyze some narratives ascribed to Prophet Mu ḥ ammad (sws) that say that the leader of the nation is their servant. The following narrators report these narratives: 1. Anas ibn M ā lik (rta) 2. Zayd ibn Aslam 3. Sahl ibn Sa‘d 4. ‘Uqbah ibn ‘ Ā mir (rta) 5. Jar ī r ibn ‘Abdull ā h (rta) Their narratives are evaluated below: 1. Anas ibn M ā lik (rta) (1) ﺣﺪﺛﻨﺎ ﺑﻮ ، ﺣﺪﺛﻨﺎﺣﺒﺎنﺑْﻦ ”•]kْl ﺣْﻤﺪ ﻟْﻐ ، ﺣﺪﺛﻨﺎﺣﻢﺑْﻦﻧﻮحٍ، ”´ْ ﺳْﺤﺎق ﻟْﺒﻠ ﺣﺪﺛﻨﺎﺳﻠْﻢﺑْﻦﺳﺎﻟﻢٍ،ﻋﻦ ﺑْﻦ ﻟْﻤﺒﺎرك،ﻋﻦْ ﺣﻤﻴْﺪٍ،ﻋ ﻦْ ﻧﺲﺑْﻦﻣﺎ ﻟﻚٍ،ﻗﺎل : ﻗﺎل ٰ رﺳﻮل ﷲ; K ﺻ 9 / ٰ ﷲ; ﻋﻠﻴْﻪوﺳﻠﻢ 9 : " ْﺑًﺎ N¸ ْ ﻫﻢ Nh ﺳﻴﺪ ﻟْﻘﻮْمﺧﺎدﻣﻬﻢْ،وﺳﺎﻗﻴﻬﻢْ آ " Anas ibn M ā lik stated that God’s Messenger (sws) said: “The leader of a nation is their servant. He is the one who makes them drink and himself drinks at the end.” 1 Following is the schematic illustration of the isn ā d of this narrative’s variants: 1. Ab ū Nu‘aym A ḥ mad ibn ‘Abdull ā h ibn A ḥ mad ibn Is ḥā q ibn M ū s ā ibn Mihr ā n al-A ṣ bah ā n ī , Al-Arba‘ ū n ‘al ā madhhab al-muta ḥ aqqiq ī n min al- ṣū fiyah , 1 st ed. (Beirut: D ā r Ibn Ḥ azm, 1414), 59, (no. 27). See also: Juz’ Bayb ī bint ‘Abd al- Ṣ amad al-Harqiyyah, Bayb ī bint ‘Abd al- Ṣ amad al- Harqiyyah , 1 st ed. (Kuwait: D ā r al-khulaf ā ’ li al-kit ā b al-isl ā m ī , 1986), 69.