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The Virtue Of A Just Ruler And The Punishment Of A Tyrant; Encouragement To Treat Those Under One's Authority With Kindness And The Prohibition Against Causing Them Hardship

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Darussalam · Volume 5

33. The Book of Leadership

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الحديث: 1828 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 1458

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[4722] 19 - (1828) It was narrated that ‘Abdur-Raḥmân bin Shumâṣah said: “I went to ‘Aishah and asked her about something. She said: ‘Where are you from?’ I said: ‘I am a man from Egypt.’ She said: ‘How was your commander with you in this war of yours?’ He said: ‘We did not experience anything bad from him. If a man’s camel died, he would give him a camel, and if his slave died, he would give him a slave; if he needed basic provisions, he would give him basic provisions.’ She said: ‘What has happened to my brother, Muḥammad bin Abî Bakr, does not prevent me from telling you what I heard from the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, which he said in this house of mine: (He ﷺ said:) “O Allâh, whoever attains any position of authority among my Ummah and is harsh towards them, be harsh towards him, and whoever attains any position of authority among my Ummah and is kind towards them, be kind towards him.”

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19 - (1828) حَدَّثَنِي هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، حَدَّثَنِي حَرْمَلَةُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ شِمَاسَةَ، قَالَ: أَتَيْتُ عَائِشَةَ أَسْأَلُهَا عَنْ شَيْءٍ، فَقَالَتْ: مِمَّنْ أَنْتَ؟ فَقُلْتُ: رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ مِصْرَ، فَقَالَتْ: كَيْفَ كَانَ صَاحِبُكُمْ لَكُمْ فِي غَزَاتِكُمْ هَذِهِ؟ فَقَالَ: مَا نَقَمْنَا مِنْهُ شَيْئًا، إِنْ كَانَ لَيَمُوتُ لِلرَّجُلِ مِنَّا الْبَعِيرُ فَيُعْطِيهِ الْبَعِيرَ، وَالْعَبْدُ فَيُعْطِيهِ الْعَبْدَ، وَيَحْتَاجُ إِلَى النَّفَقَةِ، فَيُعْطِيهِ النَّفَقَةَ، فَقَالَتْ: أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَا يَمْنَعُنِي الَّذِي فَعَلَ فِي مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَخِي أَنْ أُخْبِرَكَ مَا سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ فِي بَيْتِي هَذَا: «اللهُمَّ، مَنْ وَلِيَ مِنْ أَمْرِ أُمَّتِي شَيْئًا فَشَقَّ عَلَيْهِمْ، فَاشْقُقْ عَلَيْهِ، وَمَنْ وَلِيَ مِنْ أَمْرِ أُمَّتِي شَيْئًا فَرَفَقَ بِهِمْ، فَارْفُقْ بِهِ»،

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