رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 674
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Chapter 79
Chapter context: Undesirability of Aspiring for Office
- باب النهى عن سؤال الإمارة واختيار ترك الولايات إذا لم يتعين عليه أو تدع حاجة اليه
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Original Arabic
وعن أبى ذر رضي الله عنه قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: “ يا أبا ذر إني أراك ضعيفاً، وإنى أحبُّ لك ما أحب لنفسي، لا تأمرن على اثنين ولا تولين مال يتيم” ((رواه مسلم)).
Translation
English translation
Abu Dharr (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to me, "O Abu Dharr, I see that you are weak and I like for you what I like for myself. Do not rule over (even) two persons, and do not manage an orphan's property." [Muslim].
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This is Hadith 674 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 674 under the chapter “Undesirability of Aspiring for Office.”
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Arabic/English book : Book 1, Hadith 675
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