Politics
SAYINGS OF THE MESSENGER
(SallAllaahu
‘Alayhi wa ‘Aalihii Wasallam)
277. Sayyidina
Abu Hurayrah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
Whom your rulers are the best of
you, the rich are generous and your (collective) affairs are settled by mutual
consultation then the back of the earth is better for you than its belly. But
when your rulers are the worst people among you, your rich people miserly and
your affairs are in the hands of women then the belly of the earth is better
for you than its back. (Tirmizi)
278. Sayyidina
Qasim bin Muhammad (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
I had intended to summon Abu Bakr
and his son and leave a will appointing him the Khalifah (successor) so that no one may say
something afterwards and no one may crave for something. But, I thought then
that Allah too will reject and the Muslims too will not allow anyone else to
become a Khalifah.
Therefore, I did not think it necessary to leave such a will. (Bukhari)
279. Sayyidina
Awf bin Maalik (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
Your best rulers are they whom you
love and they love you, you pray for them and they pray for you. Your worst
rulers are they whom you despise and they despise you; you curse them and they
curse you. (Muslim)
280. Sayyidina
Abdur Rahman bin Samerah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
Do not
yourself seek leadership and government because if you get them through
canvassing then it will become your own responsibility to run them. But, if you
are given those things without your seeking them then Allah will help you (in
running them). (Bukhari,
Muslim)
281. Sayyidina
Abu Hurayrah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
You will come to show greed for
leadership and high office although it will appear on the day of Resurrection
as (a cause of) regret. It may be a very good source of milk but it is a very
bad parting. (Bukhari, Nasa’i)
282. Sayyidina
Abu Hurayrah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
By Allah! We do not entrust the
office (of government) to such a person who seeks it (himself) or is greedy for
it. (Bukhari, Muslim)
283. Sayyidina
Abu Hurayrah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
If Allah has entrusted
responsibility to someone to look after the affairs of the Muslims and he
ignores their needs, wants and poverty keeping himself away from them, then on
the day of Resurrection, Allah will ignore his needs, wants and poverty and
keep Himself away from him. (Abu
Dawood, Tirmizi)
284. Sayyidina
‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
Surely, the Right Hand of ar-Rahman Who disburses justice-and both
the Hands of Allah are Right-will be on the pulpits of light. These are the
people who, as long as they rule, met justice in their judgment even in the
matters concerning their family members. (Muslim, Nasa’i)
285. Sayyidina
‘Ma’qil bin Yasaar (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
If Allah bestows on one of His
slaves governance over a people and he deceives them dying doing that sin,
Allah will make it unlawful for him to enter Paradise. (Bukhari, Muslim)
286. Sayyidina
Abu Sa’eed (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
On the day of Resurrection, the
one dearest to Allah and closest to Him in the assembly will be that head of
government who was just. And the one most worthy of His anger and furthest from
Him in the assembly will be that head of government who was a tyrant. (Tirmizi)
287. Sayyidina
Ibn ‘Abbas (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
If anyone is supervising over ten
people, he will be presented on the day of Resurrection with his hands tied to
his neck until justice frees him or oppression ruins him. (Tabarani)
288. Sayyidina
Abu Bakr (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
The nation that gives the reins of
its government to a woman will never prosper. (Tirmizi, Nasa’i)
289. Sayyidina
Ka’b bin ‘Ujrah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
Listen! Many leaders will come
after me. So, if anyone goes to them and sides with them in their falsehood and
supports them in their oppression then he has no connection with me and I have
nothing to do with him; he will not be able to make it to the pond al-Kawthar.
But he, who does not help them in their oppression and does not side with them
in their falsehood, is with me and I am with him, and he will make it to al-Kawthar to drink of its water. (Tirmizi, Nasa’i)
290. Sayyidina
Anas (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
Listen and obey your rulers even
if an Abyssinian slave with a head like a resin is made to rule over you as
long as he goes by the Book of Allah. (Bukhari)
291. Sayyidina
Abu Hurayrah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
He who
obeys me has obeyed Allah and he who disobeys me has disobeyed Allah. He who
obeys the Ameer (leader) has obeyed me and he who
disobeys the Ameer has disobeyed me. The head of
government is actually a shield which is used in battle as a protection and
kept in front. Thus, if he commands you to fear Allah and is just and fair then
he will get against that a reward, but if he said anything against that then he
will be regarded as a sinner by Allah. (Bukhari, Muslim)
294. Sayyidina
Arfajah bin Shareeh (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
Kill him with the sword who tries
to disunite this people while they are one and united, whoever this man
be. (Muslim, Nasa’i)
295. Sayyidina
Abu Hurayrah (Radi-ALLAHO-An-ho)
He who gives up obedience (to the
Islamic government) and separates from the Muslims community dies the death of
the days of Ignorance. He who fights under the banner of ‘lack of knowledge’
provoked because of party consideration, or while helping his party and gets killed
then he too dies the death of Ignorance. And, he who goes out to fight my
people and kills their pious and evil men not sparing any Believer of the Ummah or respecting a covenant then he
is not with me and I have nothing to do with him. (Muslim, Nasa’i)
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