What is disliked regarding being keen to have the authority of ruling.
Darussalam · Volume 9
93 - THE BOOK OF AL-AHKĀMSahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 7149 ¦ الجزء: 9 ¦ الصفحة: 64
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7149. Narrated Abū Mūsā رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: Two men from my tribe and I entered upon the Prophet ﷺ. One of two men said to the Prophet ﷺ, "O Allāh's Messenger! Appoint me as a governor," and so did the second. The Prophet ﷺ said, "We do not assign the authority of ruling to those who ask for it, nor to those who are keen to have it."
7149 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ العَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَا وَرَجُلاَنِ مِنْ قَوْمِي، فَقَالَ أَحَدُ الرَّجُلَيْنِ: أَمِّرْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، وَقَالَ الآخَرُ مِثْلَهُ، فَقَالَ: «إِنَّا لاَ نُوَلِّي هَذَا مَنْ سَأَلَهُ، وَلاَ مَنْ حَرَصَ عَلَيْهِ»
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