رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 654
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Chapter 76
Chapter context: Obligation of Rulers to show Kindness to their Subjects
- باب أمر ولاة الأمور بالرفق برعاياهم ونصيحتهم والشفقة والنهى عن غشهم والتشديد عليهم وإهمال مصالحهم والغفلة عنهم وعن حوائجهم
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Original Arabic
وعن عائشة رضي الله عنها قالت: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول في بيتى هذا: “اللهم من ولى من أمر أمتى شيئاً فشق عليهم، فاشقق عليه ومن ولى من أمر أمتى شيئاً، فرفق بهم، فارفق به” ((رواه مسلم)).
Translation
English translation
'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:
I heard the the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) supplicating in my house: "O Allah! Treat harshly those who rule over my Ummah with harshness, and treat gently those who rule over my Ummah with gentleness." [Muslim].
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This is Hadith 654 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 654 under the chapter “Obligation of Rulers to show Kindness to their Subjects.”
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Arabic/English book : Book 1, Hadith 655
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