Darussalam · Volume 5
39. The Book Of Al-Bay'ah (Oath Of Allegiance)[1]Sunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4201 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 158
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صحيح، الصحيحة (٢٢٧٠)
Source no. 3917 · Volume 3 · Page 880
Sahih
(صحيح) - الصحيحة ٢٢٧٠.
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4206. It was narrated that Abū Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'No ruler is appointed but he has two groups of advisers: A group which urges him to do good and tells him not to do evil, and a group which does its best to corrupt him. Whoever is protected from their evil is indeed protected. And he (the ruler) belongs to the group that has the greater influence over him.” (Sahīh)
4201 - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُعَمَّرُ بْنُ يَعْمَرَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ سَلَّامٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " مَا مِنْ وَالٍ إِلَّا وَلَهُ بِطَانَتَانِ: بِطَانَةٌ تَأْمُرُهُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَاهُ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ، وَبِطَانَةٌ لَا تَأْلُوهُ خَبَالًا، فَمَنْ وُقِيَ شَرَّهَا فَقَدْ وُقِيَ، وَهُوَ مِنَ الَّتِي تَغْلِبُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْهُمَا "
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From this narration, following the narrations about advice, we learn that the ruler will be influenced by his advisers. If the advisers are good, the ruler would be encouraged to goodness, and if the advisers are bad, the ruler would be encouraged to do evil, irrespective of whether he is good himself.