رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 676
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- 676
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 هريرة رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال: “إنكم ستحرصون على الإمارة، وستكون ندامة يوم القيامة” ((رواه البخارى)).
Translation
English translation
Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "You will covet for getting a position of authority, but remember that it will be a cause of humiliation and remorse on the Day of Resurrection." [Al- Bukhari]
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This is Hadith 676 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 1, The Book of Miscellany, as in-book entry 676 under the chapter “Undesirability of Aspiring for Office.”
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