English translation
7178. Narrated Muḥammad bin Zaid bin 'Abdullāh bin 'Umar: Some people said to Ibn 'Umar, "When we enter upon our ruler(s) we say in their praise what is contrary to what we say when we leave them." Ibn 'Umar said, "We used to (1) (Ch. 26) 'Urafā' is the plural of 'Arīf', the title of a person who is appointed to head a group of people to find out their problems and needs and inform his seniors about it. It is a rank below Amīr. consider this as hypocrisy."
