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It Is Disliked To Be Eager For Positions Of Authority

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Darussalam · Volume 5

39. The Book Of Al-Bay'ah (Oath Of Allegiance)[1]

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الحديث: 4211 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 162

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4216. It was narrated from Abū Hurairah that the Prophet ﷺ said: "You will become keen for positions of authority, but that will become a regret and loss. What a good life they will live, but how hard it will be for them when they die." (Ṣaḥīḥ)

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4211 - أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ آدَمَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّكُمْ سَتَحْرِصُونَ عَلَى الْإِمَارَةِ، وَإِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ نَدَامَةً وَحَسْرَةً فَنِعْمَتِ الْمُرْضِعَةُ، وَبِئْسَتِ الْفَاطِمَةُ»

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'Regret and loss:' Because it is the source of fighting, division, and bloodshed and the like.