Book 93: Judgements and Governance
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Abdan narrated to us that Abdullah (bin Mubarak) told us. He narrated from Yunus, and Yunus from Zuhri. Abu Salamah bin Abdur Rahman told me that he heard Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra). He relates: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Whoever obeyed me obeyed Allah, and whoever disobeyed me disobeyed Allah. And whoever obeyed the commander appointed by me obeyed me, and whoever disobeyed the commander appointed by me disobeyed me.”
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Isma'il narrated to us that Malik told me. He narrated from Abdullah bin Dinar, and he from Hazrat Abdullah bin Umar (ra), that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Listen, every one of you is a shepherd, and every one of you will be asked about his flock. The great Imam who is appointed over the people is a shepherd, and he will be asked about his flock. And a man is the shepherd of his household, and he too will be asked about his flock. And a woman is the shepherd of her husband's household and his children, and she too will be asked about them. And a man's slave is the shepherd of his master's property, and he too will be asked about it. Look, be mindful: every one of you is a shepherd, and every one of you will be asked about his flock.”
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Abul Yaman narrated to us that Shu'aib told us. He narrated from Zuhri. He said: Muhammad bin Jubair bin Mut'im used to say that the news reached Hazrat Mu'awiyah (ra) that Hazrat Abdullah bin Amr (ra) relates that soon there will be a king from Qahtan. And Ibn Jubair was at that time with Hazrat Mu'awiyah (ra) among the delegates of the Quraish. Hearing this, Hazrat Mu'awiyah (ra) was grieved and stood up, and he praised Allah as He deserves. Then he said: Now to proceed. The news has reached me that some people among you say things that are not in the Book of Allah, nor are they reported from the Messenger of Allah (saw), and these are the most ignorant people among you. Therefore keep yourselves away from such false notions that are misleading those who hold them. For I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say: “This authority will remain among the Quraish as long as they keep the religion established. Whoever shows enmity to them, Allah will surely throw him on his face into the Fire.” (Like Shu'aib) Nu'aim also narrated this hadith from Ibn Mubarak. He narrated from Ma'mar, Ma'mar from Zuhri, and Zuhri from Muhammad bin Jubair.
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Ahmad bin Yunus narrated to us that Asim bin Muhammad told us. I heard my father. He used to say: Hazrat Ibn Umar (ra) said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “This authority will remain among the Quraish as long as even two of them remain.”
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Shihab bin Abbad narrated to us that Ibrahim bin Humaid told us. He narrated from Isma'il (bin Abi Khalid), Isma'il from Qais (bin Abi Hazim), and Qais from Hazrat Abdullah (bin Mas'ud (ra)). He said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “There should be no envy except regarding two men: one, a man to whom Allah has given wealth and then Allah has enabled him to spend it in the right way; and the other, a man to whom Allah has given wisdom and he judges according to it and teaches it.”
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Musaddad narrated to us that Yahya bin Sa'id (Qattan) told us. He narrated from Shu'bah, Shu'bah from Abut Tayyah, and Abut Tayyah from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra). He said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Listen and obey, even if an Abyssinian slave whose head is like a raisin has been appointed ruler over you.”
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Sulaiman bin Harb narrated to us that Hammad told us. He narrated from Ja'd, Ja'd from Abu Raja, and Abu Raja from Hazrat Ibn Abbas (ra), who used to say, narrating from the Holy Prophet (saw), that the Prophet (saw) said: “Whoever sees something in his commander and dislikes it should be patient, for whoever separates from the community (Jama'at) even by a span and dies has surely died the death of the Days of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah).”
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Musaddad narrated to us that Yahya bin Sa'id (Qattan) told us. He narrated from Ubaidullah (Umari) that Nafi' told me. Nafi' narrated from Hazrat Abdullah (bin Umar (ra)), and he from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “Listening and obeying is obligatory on a Muslim in matters that he likes or dislikes, as long as he is not commanded to commit a sin. When he has been commanded to commit a sin, then there is neither listening nor obeying.”
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Umar bin Hafs bin Ghiyath narrated to us that my father told us. A'mash narrated to us. Sa'd bin Ubaidah told us. Sa'd narrated from Abu Abdur Rahman, and he from Hazrat Ali (ra). He said: The Prophet (saw) sent out an army and appointed a man of the Ansar as its commander, and ordered the people to obey him. Then, becoming angry with them, he said: Did the Prophet (saw) not order you to obey me? They said: Certainly. He said: I tell you in all seriousness: gather firewood and light a fire, then go into that fire. So they gathered firewood and lit a fire. When they intended to go in, they stood still and began to look at one another. Some of them said: We followed the Prophet (saw) to escape the Fire; shall we now enter it? They were still saying this when the fire went out and his anger too subsided. Then this was mentioned to the Prophet (saw), and he (saw) said: “If they had entered that fire, they would never have come out of it. Obedience is only in what is right.”
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Hajjaj bin Minhal narrated to us that Jarir bin Hazim told us. He narrated from Hasan (Basri), and Hasan from Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Samurah (ra). He said: The Prophet (saw) said to me: “Abdur Rahman (ra), do not ask for a position of rule. For if it is given to you on asking, you will be left to it; and if it is given to you without asking, you will be helped in carrying it out. And if you swear an oath and then see something else better than it, make atonement for your oath and do that which is better.”
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Abu Ma'mar narrated to us that Abdul Warith told us. Yunus narrated to us. He narrated from Hasan (Basri). He said: Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Samurah (ra) told me. He said that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said to me: “Abdur Rahman bin Samurah (ra), do not ask for a position of rule. For if it is given to you on asking, you will be left to it; and if it is given to you without asking, you will be helped in fulfilling it. And when you swear an oath and then consider something else better than it, then do that which is better and make atonement for your oath.”
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Ahmad bin Yunus narrated to us that Ibn Abi Dhi'b told us. He narrated from Sa'id Maqburi, Sa'id from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), and he from the Prophet (saw). He (saw) said: “You will be greedy for positions of rule, and on the Day of Resurrection it will be a cause of regret for you. As a wet nurse it is good, and as the one who weans it is bad.” And Muhammad bin Bashshar said: Abdullah bin Humran narrated to us that Abdul Hamid bin Ja'far told us. He narrated from Sa'id Maqburi, Sa'id from Umar bin Hakam, and Umar from Hazrat Abu Hurairah (ra), reporting this same saying of his.
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Muhammad bin Ala narrated to us that Abu Usamah told us. He narrated from Buraid, Buraid from Abu Burdah, and Abu Burdah from Hazrat Abu Musa (ra). He said: I and two men of my people went to the Prophet (saw), and one of these two men said: O Messenger of Allah (saw), make us commanders too, and the other said the same. So he (saw) said: “We do not appoint to this office one who asks for it, nor one who is greedy for it.”
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Abu Nu'aim narrated to us that Abul Ashhab told us. He narrated from Hasan (Basri) that Ubaidullah bin Ziyad visited Hazrat Ma'qil bin Yasar (ra) in the illness in which he died, and Hazrat Ma'qil (ra) said to him: I will tell you something that I heard from the Messenger of Allah (saw). I heard the Prophet (saw). He (saw) used to say: “Any servant whom Allah makes the guardian of a flock and he does not fully seek their good will never smell the fragrance of Paradise.”
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Ishaq bin Mansur narrated to us that Husain Ju'fi told us. Za'idah said: Hisham narrated this hadith to them. Hisham narrated from Hasan. Hasan said: We came to Hazrat Ma'qil bin Yasar (ra) to visit him in his illness. Meanwhile Ubaidullah (bin Ziyad) also came in, and Hazrat Ma'qil (ra) said to him: I will relate to you something that I heard from the Messenger of Allah (saw). He (saw) said: “Any ruler who becomes the guardian of a flock from among the Muslims and dies in such a state that he is ill-disposed towards them, Allah will make Paradise forbidden to him.”
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Ishaq Wasiti narrated to us that Khalid told us. He narrated from Jurairi, and Jurairi from Tarif Abu Tamimah. He said: I was present with Safwan, Hazrat Jundab (ra) and their companions while Hazrat Jundab (ra) was admonishing them. They asked: Have you heard anything from the Messenger of Allah (saw)? He said: I heard him (saw) say: “Whoever does a good deed to win fame, Allah will make his showing off heard on the Day of Resurrection; and whoever is harsh, Allah will be harsh with him too on the Day of Resurrection.” Hearing this, the people said: Admonish us. He said: The first thing of a human being that rots is his belly. Therefore, whoever is able to eat nothing except what is pure should do so; and whoever is able not to let a handful of blood that he has shed keep him from entering Paradise should not let it keep him back. (Firabri says:) I asked Abu Abdullah (Imam Bukhari (rh)): Who was it who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (saw)? Was it Hazrat Jundab (ra)? He said: Yes, Hazrat Jundab (ra).
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Uthman bin Abi Shaibah narrated to us that Jarir (bin Abdul Hamid) told us. He narrated from Mansur, and Mansur from Salim bin Abil Ja'd, that Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra) told us. He said: The Prophet (saw) and I were coming out of the mosque when a man met us at the door of the mosque and said: O Messenger of Allah (saw), when will the Hour be? The Prophet (saw) asked: “What provision have you prepared for it?” On hearing this, it was as if the man shrank back. Then he said: O Messenger of Allah (saw), I have not prepared for that Hour much fasting, nor much Prayer, nor charity, but this much is true: I love Allah and His Messenger. He (saw) said: “You will be with those whom you love.”
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Ishaq bin Mansur narrated to us that Abdus Samad told us. Shu'bah narrated to us. Thabit Bunani told us. Thabit narrated from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra). He was saying to one of the women of his household: Do you know such-and-such a woman? She said: Yes. He said: The Prophet (saw) passed by her while she was sitting by a grave, weeping. He (saw) said: “Make Allah your shield and be patient.” She said: Go away from me, for you do not have the grief that I have. Hazrat Anas (ra) used to say: Hearing this, the Holy Prophet (saw) left her and went on. Then another man passed by her. He asked: What did the Messenger of Allah (saw) say to you? She said: I did not recognise him. That man said: That was the Messenger of Allah (saw) himself. Hazrat Anas (ra) used to say: Hearing this, the woman came to the door of the Holy Prophet (saw) and found no doorkeeper there. She said: O Messenger of Allah (saw), by God, I had not recognised you. The Prophet (saw) said: “Patience is only that which is at the first shock.”
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Muhammad bin Khalid Dhuhli narrated to us that Muhammad bin Abdullah Ansari told us. He said: My father told me. He narrated from Thumamah, and Thumamah from Hazrat Anas bin Malik (ra). He said: Qais bin Sa'd (ra) used to be before the Prophet (saw) as the chief of police is before a commander.
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Musaddad narrated to us that Yahya Qattan told us. He narrated from Qurrah bin Khalid that Humaid bin Hilal told me. Abu Burdah narrated to us. Abu Burdah narrated from Hazrat Abu Musa (ra) that the Prophet (saw) sent him and sent Hazrat Mu'adh (bin Jabal (ra)) after him.
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