Musannaf 'Abd al-Razzaq 20733
✧ The Leader is a Shepherd
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أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ مَطَرٍ الْوَرَّاقِ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ بَعْضِ الطَّائِيِّينَ، عَنْ رَافِعِ الْخَيْرِ الطَّائِيِّ، قَالَ:
صَحِبْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ فِي غَزَاةٍ، فَلَمَّا قَفَلْنَا وَحَانَ مِنَ النَّاسِ تَفَرُّقٌ، قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، إِنَّ رَجُلًا صَحِبَكَ مَا صَحِبَكَ، ثُمَّ فَارَقَكَ لَمْ يُصِبْ مِنْكَ خَيْرًا لَقَدْ حَسُنَ فِي نَفْسِهِ، فَأَوْصِنِي وَلَا تُطَوِّلْ عَلَيَّ فَأَنْسَى، قَالَ: " يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ، يَرْحَمُكَ اللهُ، بَارَكَ اللهُ عَلَيْكَ، بَارَكَ اللهُ عَلَيْكَ، أَقِمِ الصَّلَاةَ الْمَكْتُوبَةَ لِوَقْتِهَا، وَأَدِّ زَكَاةَ مَالِكَ طَيِّبَةً بِهَا نَفْسُكَ، وَصُمْ رَمَضَانَ، وَحُجَّ الْبَيْتَ، وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ الْهِجْرَةَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ حَسَنٌ، وَأَنَّ الْجِهَادَ فِي الْهِجْرَةِ حَسَنٌ، وَلَا تَكُونَنَّ أَمِيرًا " قُلْتُ: أَمَّا قَوْلُكَ يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ فِي الصَّلَاةِ، وَالصِّيَامِ، وَالزَّكَاةِ، وَالْحَجِّ، وَالْهِجْرَةِ، وَالْجِهَادِ فَهَذَا كُلُّهُ حَسَنٌ قَدْ عَرَفْتُهُ، وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكَ لَا أَكُونُ أَمِيرًا، وَاللهِ إِنَّهُ لَيُخَيَّلُ إِلَيَّ أَنَّ خِيَارَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ أُمَرَاؤُكُمْ، قَالَ: " إِنَّكَ قُلْتَ لِي: لَا تُطَوِّلْ عَلَيَّ، وَهَذَا حِينَ أُطَوِّلُ عَلَيْكَ، إِنَّ هَذِهِ الْإِمَارَةَ الَّتِي تُرَى الْيَوْمَ يَسِيرَةً، قَدْ أَوْشَكَتْ أَنْ تَفْشُوَ وَتَفْسَدَ حَتَّى يَنَالَهَا مَنْ لَيْسَ لَهَا بِأَهْلٍ، وَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَكُنْ أَمِيرًا، فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ أَطْوَلِ النَّاسِ حِسَابًا، وَأَغْلَظِهِ عَذَابًا، وَمَنْ لَا يَكُنْ أَمِيرًا، فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ أَيْسَرِ النَّاسِ حِسَابًا، وَأَهْوَنِهِ عَذَابًا، لِأَنَّ الْأُمَرَاءَ أَقْرَبُ النَّاسِ مِنْ ظُلْمِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَإِنَّمَا يَخْفِرُ اللهَ، إِنَّمَا هُمْ جِيرَانُ اللهِ وَعُوَّادُ اللهِ، وَاللهِ إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ لَتُصَابُ شَاةُ جَارِهِ - أَوْ بَعِيرُ جَارِهِ - فَيَبِيتُ وَارِمَ الْعَضَلِ، فَيَقُولُ: شَاةُ جَارِي، وَبَعِيرُ جَارِي، فَاللهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يَغْضَبَ لِجِيرَانِهِ
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I accompanied Abu Bakr on a military campaign. When we returned and the people were about to disperse, he said: I said: "O Abu Bakr, a man who accompanied you as you accompanied him, then parted from you, has not gained any good from you. He has become pleased with himself. So advise me, and do not make it long for me, lest I forget." He said: "May Allah have mercy on you, may Allah have mercy on you, may Allah bless you, may Allah bless you. Establish the obligatory prayer at its time, pay your zakat with a soul content to give it, fast Ramadan, perform Hajj to the House, and know that emigration in Islam is good, that striving in emigration is good, and do not become a ruler." I said: "As for your words, O Abu Bakr, about the prayer, fasting, zakat, Hajj, emigration, and striving, all of this is good, and I know it. As for your words, 'Do not become a ruler'—by Allah, it seems to me that the best of you today are your rulers." He said: "You told me, 'Do not make it long for me,' and this is when I make it long for you. This leadership that you see today as small will soon spread and become corrupt, until it is taken by one who is not fit for it. Whoever becomes a ruler will be among the people with the longest reckoning and the most severe punishment, and whoever does not become a ruler will be among the people with the easiest reckoning and the lightest punishment, because rulers are the closest of people to wronging the believers. They only wrong Allah, for they are the neighbours of Allah and the visitors of Allah. By Allah, when one of you has his neighbour's sheep or his neighbour's camel afflicted, he spends the night with his limbs swollen, saying: 'My neighbour's sheep, my neighbour's camel!' Allah has more right to be angry for His neighbours."
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