What Has Been Related About Accepting The Position Of Executing A Will
Darussalam · Volume 3
17. The Book Of WillsSunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2868 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 114
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صحيح
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(قلت: إسناده صحيح على شرط مسلم. وأخرجه هو وأبو عوانة في "صحيحيهما". وصححه الحاكم والذهبي)
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2868. Abū Dharr said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to me: [1] An-Nisā': 4:12,13. ‘O Abū Dharr! I see you as weak, and I love for you what I love for myself. Do not take command over two persons, and do not be a guardian over an orphan’s property.’ (Saḥīḥ) Abū Dāwūd said: The people of Egypt are alone with it.[1]
2868 - حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي سَالِمٍ الْجَيْشَانِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ إِنِّي أَرَاكَ ضَعِيفًا، وَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ لَكَ مَا أُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِي فَلَا تَأَمَّرَنَّ عَلَى اثْنَيْنِ وَلَا تَوَلَّيَنَّ مَالَ يَتِيمٍ» قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: «تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ أَهْلُ مِصْرَ»
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There can be no doubt that a position of leadership or responsibility is a weighty task in both this world and the Hereafter. Anyone aware of his weaknesses must decline to shoulder such a responsibility at the very outset, and spare himself the ignominy and disgrace in this world as well as in the Hereafter.