مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 20628
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Original Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، وَعَفَّانُ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ، (٢) لَا تَسْأَلِ الْإِمَارَةَ، فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ أُوتِيتَهَا عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ وُكِلْتَ إِلَيْهَا، وَإِنْ أُوتِيتَهَا عَنْ غَيْرِ مَسْأَلَةٍ أُعِنْتَ عَلَيْهَا، وَإِذَا حَلَفْتَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَيْتَ غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا، فَكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ، وَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ "، (٣)، ، اتَّفَقَ عَفَّانُ، وَأَسْوَدُ فِي حَدِيثِهِمَا، فَقَالَ: " فَكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ، ثُمَّ ائْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ "، وقَالَ أَبُو الْأَشْهَبِ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ، فَبَدَأَ بِالْكَفَّارَةِ،،
Translation
English translation
It is narrated from Abdur Rahman bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) that once the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to me: O Abdur Rahman, never ask for leadership (government), because if it is given to you as a result of your asking, you will be left to it (without help), but if it is given to you without your asking, you will be helped in it. And when you swear an oath about something and then see a better option, then do the better thing and offer expiation for your oath.
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This is Hadith 20628 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 859, Hadith of 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him), as in-book entry 13.
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مسند احمد / أول مسند البصريين / 20628
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