KITĀB’UL KABĀ'IR (THE BOOK OF MAJOR SINS)

[Izhār'ud Dīn]

باب الولايات من الأمانة

Chapter: Authority is from the Trust

It is narrated from Abū Hurayrah Radiyallāhu Anh that a Bedouin asked the Nabī Sallallāhu Alayhi wa Sallam, “When is the Hour?” He Sallallāhu Alayhi wa Sallam said,

إذا ضيعت الأمانة فانتظر الساعة. قال: كيف إضاعتها؟ قال: إذا وسد الأمر إلى غير أهله فانتظر الساعة

“Wait for the hour when the trust is lost.” The Bedouin said, “How will it be lost?” He said, “Wait for the hour when authority is entrusted to those who do not deserve it.”

Narrated by al-Bukhārī.[1]

1.	Al-Bukhārī, Hadīth no: 59.

[Izhār'ud Dīn]

باب النهي عن طلبها أي الولاية

Chapter: the Prohibition from Seeking it, Meaning Authority

It is narrated from Abd’ur Rahmān bin Samurah Radiyallāhu Anh in a Marfū Hadīth (that Rasūlullāh Sallallāhu Alayhi wa Sallam said),

إذالا تسأل الإمارة فإنك إن أعطيتها من غير مسألة أعنت عليها، وإن أعطيتها عن مسألة وكلت إليها. وإذا حلفت على يمين فرأيت غيرها خيرا، منها فأت الذي هو خير وكفر عن يمينك

“Do not ask for authority. For verily, if you are given it without asking for it then you will be aided, and if you are given it by asking for it then you (yourself) will be assigned with it. When you make an oath and see other than it to be better than it, then get the better one and expiate for your oath.”

Both of them (i.e. al-Bukhārī and Muslim) narrated it.[1]

Muslim narrated from Abū Dharr: I said, “O Rasūlullāh! Would you not place me at the head of something?” Rasūlullāh Sallallāhu Alayhi wa Sallam struck my shoulder with his hand, then said,

يا أبا ذر، إنك رجل ضعيف، وإنها أمانة، وإنها يوم القيامة خزي وندامة، إلا من أخذها بحقها وأدى الذي عليه فيها

“O Abū Dharr, you are a weak man, and it is a trust! It is a disgrace and regret on the Day of Judgement, except for the one who takes it with its rights and (properly) discharges the duties attendant thereon.”[2]

1.	Al-Bukhārī, Hadīth no. 6722; Muslim, Hadīth no. 1652.
2.	Muslim, Hadīth no. 1825.

[Izhār'ud Dīn]

باب ما جاء في غش الرعية

Chapter on What Has Come Regarding Deceiving the Subjects

It is narrated from Ma’qil bin Yasār Radiyallāhu Anh in a Marfū Hadīth (that Rasūlullāh Sallallāhu Alayhi wa Sallam said),

ما من عبد يسترعيه الله على رعيته فيموت وهو غاش لرعيته، إلا حرم الله عليه الجنة

“There is not a slave who was entrusted with the affairs of his subjects by Allāh and dies whilst he is deceiving his subjects except that Allāh will make Jannah Harām upon him.”

In another narration,

فلم يحطها بنصيحته، لم يجد رائحة الجنة

“And he does not look after them in with its Nasīhah (wanting good and correction), will not find the smell of Jannah.”

Both of them (i.e. al-Bukhārī and Muslim) narrated it.[1]

1.	Al-Bukhārī, Hadīth no. 7150; Muslim, Hadīth no. 142.