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1705. Ibn 'Umar narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "Indeed each of you is a shepherd and all of you will be questioned regarding your flock. The commander who is in authority over the Muslims is responsible and he will be questioned regarding his responsibility. The man is responsible over the inhabitants of his house and he is the one who will be questioned about them. The wife is responsible in her husband's house and she will be questioned about it. The slave is responsible regarding his master's property, and he will be questioned about it. Indeed each of you is a shepherd and each of you will be questioned about his flock." (Ṣaḥīh)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from Abū Hurairah, Anas, and Abū Mūsā. The Hadīth of Abū Mūsā is not preserved, and the Hadīth of Anas is not preserved. [And the Hadīth of Ibn 'Umar is a Ḥasan Ṣaḥīh Hadīth.]
Ibrāhīm bin Bash-shār Ar-Ramādī reported it from Sufyān bin 'Uyainah, from Buraid bin 'Abdullāh bin Abū Burdah, from Abū Burdah, from Abū Mūsā, from
the Prophet ﷺ.
Muḥammad informed me of that, from Ibrāhīm bin Bash-shār [Ar-Ramādī]. Muḥammad said: "More than one has reported it from Sufyān, from Buraid bin Abū Burdah [from Abū Burdah,] from the Prophet ﷺ in Mursal form. This is more correct." Muḥammad said: "Ishāq bin Ibrāhīm reported from Mu'ādḥ bin Hishām, from his father, from Qatādah, from Anas, from the Prophet ﷺ who said: 'Indeed Allāh will question everyone who is responsible about his charge.'" I heard Muḥammad saying: "This is not preserved. It is only correct from Mu'ādḥ bin Hishām from his father, from Qatādah, from Al-Ḥasan, from the Prophet ﷺ, in Mursal form."
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Each person must be ready for questioning in the Hereafter according to his position or status, and the extent of his responsibility as well as according to the number of people placed under his charge. And, obviously, the greater the burden of the responsibility a person holds the more extensive shall be his accountability.
