Sunan an-Nasa'i 5384

Translation

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'Do not ask for governorship. For if it is given to you because of asking, you will be left to your own devices, but if it is given to you without asking, you will be helped (by Allah).'"

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Misykatul Mashabih 3680وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَا تَسْأَلِ الْإِمَارَةَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ وُكِلْتَ إِلَيْهَا وَإِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عنْ غيرِ مَسْأَلَة أعن

Other narrations of this report

Musnad al-Bazzar 2283Musnad al-Bazzar 2285Musnad al-Bazzar 2287Musnad al-Bazzar 2289Musnad al-Bazzar 2291Musnad al-Bazzar 2293

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Samurah al-ʿAbshamī

   Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 50 AH, or: 51 AH
   عَبْد الرَّحْمَن بْن سَمُرَة العَبْشَمِيصحابي
   عن
2. 2
   al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), virtuous and well known; he would often narrate with omission of the Companion (irsāl) and practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. 110 AH
   الْحَسَنِثقة فقيه ، فاضل مشهور ، وكان يرسل كثيرا ويدلس
   عن
3. 3
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAwn b. Arṭabān

   Trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), virtuous (fāḍil).d. 150 AH, also said: 151 AH, also said: 152 AH
   ابْنُ عَوْنٍثقة ثبت فاضل
   حدثنا
4. 4
   Yaḥyā

   trustworthy (thiqah), meticulous (mutqin), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), an imam and exemplar (qudwah)d. 198 AH
   يَحْيَىثقة متقن حافظ ، إمام قدوة
   حدثنا
5. 5
   ʿAmr b. ʿAlī

   trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 249 AH
   عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّثقة حافظ
   أنبأنا
6. 6
   al-Nasāʾī

   the preserver (al-Ḥāfiẓ)d. 302 AH, or 303 AH
   النَّسَائِيُّالحافظ

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