Hadith #194
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Arabic Text
قَالَ قُرِئَ عَلَى سُفْيَانَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَسَمِعْتُ سُفْيَانَ يَقُولُ مَنْ أَطَاعَ أَمِيرِي فَقَدْ أَطَاعَنِي وَمَنْ أَطَاعَنِي فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
English Translation
It was narrated from Abu Hurayra (رضي الله عنه) — via Sufyan, from Abu al-Zinad, from al-A'raj — [read to Sufyan and confirmed] from the Prophet ﷺ — and I heard Sufyan [transmitting it as]: 'Whoever obeys my commander has obeyed me, and whoever obeys me has obeyed Allah (عز وجل).'
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 17, Hadith 194
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 7032
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-43422