At a glance
«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 .»
A verbatim excerpt of the text, forty words at most; the full text is in the edition cited under sources
Connections
People and things also explored
Diwan al-Barid (the postal diwan)· Sahih al-Bukhari 7272 — Holding Fast to the Qur'an and Sunnah· Muwatta Malik 1491 — The Mukatab· Dome of the Rock· Diwan al-Insha' (the chancery)· Diwan al-Khatim (the seal registry)· Insha' (creative speech, and its legal application)· Abd al-Malik's Coinage Reform
Sources
- Muwatta of Imam Malik
- hadith-api (fawazahmed0): open hadith editions
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islam.museum contributors. “Muwatta Malik 1810 — The Oath of Allegiance”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/passage/muwatta-api-1810/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-11.
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