What Has Been Related About Seeking A Position Of Leadership
Darussalam · Volume 3
19. The Book Of Kharāj, Fai'And Imārah (Leadership)Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2929 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 130
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Sahih
صحيح
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Sahih chain
(قلت: إسناده صحيح على شرط الشيخين. وقد أخرجاه وأبو عوانة في "صحاحهم". وصححه الترمذي وابن الجارود)
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2929. It was reported from 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Samurah who said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to me: 'O 'Abdur-Raḥmān bin Samurah! Do not ask for a position of leadership, for if you are given leadership after asking for it, you will be left to discharge it all by yourself, but if you are given leadership without asking it, you will be helped in it.'" (Sahih)
2929 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ الْبَزَّازُ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا يُونُسُ، وَمَنْصُورٌ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ، لَا تَسْأَلِ الْإِمَارَةَ، فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ وُكِلْتَ فِيهَا إِلَى نَفْسِكَ، وَإِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ غَيْرِ مَسْأَلَةٍ أُعِنْتَ عَلَيْهَا»
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There is not a single affair of man that can go in his favor without Allāh's special blessing and help. As for an office of leadership, it is a very difficult and demanding job. Therefore, craving for it, and asking for it is to deprive oneself from the Mercy of Allāh.