The signs of Prophethood in Islām.
Darussalam · Volume 4
61 - THE BOOK OF VIRTUESSahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 3587 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 196
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3588. (The Prophet ﷺ added :) “And you will find that the best people are those who hate most to be a ruler, till they are chosen to be the rulers.”(1) And the people are (like) metals (of different natures). The best in the Pre-Islāmic Period of Ignorance are the best in Islām."
3588 - وَتَجِدُونَ مِنْ خَيْرِ النَّاسِ أَشَدَّهُمْ كَرَاهِيَةً لِهَذَا الأَمْرِ حَتَّى يَقَعَ فِيهِ , وَالنَّاسُ مَعَادِنُ، خِيَارُهُمْ فِي الجَاهِلِيَّةِ خِيَارُهُمْ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ،
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(1) (H. 3587) This means the people who do not like to be rulers for fear of not being just. But when the people elect them for their piety and righteousness, they rule justly and no longer hate to be rulers.