Sahih Muslim 1652a

Translation

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, "O ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Samurah, don't ask for authority, for if it is granted to you for asking for it, you would be held responsible for it ˹without Divine blessings˺. However, if you are granted it without your asking for it, you would be helped ˹by Allah˺ in it." "And when you take an oath and find something else better than that, expiate for ˹breaking˺ your oath, and do that which is better."

Notes

• This hadith has also been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Farrukh. The above hadith is narratted through another chain of transmitters.

• قَالَ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْجُلُودِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ الْمَاسَرْجَسِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Misykatul Mashabih 3412وَعَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ لَا تَسْأَلِ الْإِمَارَةَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ أُوتِيتَهَا عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ وُكِلْتَ إِلَيْهَا وَإِنْ أُو
• Sunan an-Nasa'i 3791قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا حَلَفْتَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَيْتَ غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَأْتِ الَّذِي هُوَ خَيْرٌ وَكَفِّرْ عَنْ يَمِينِكَ
• Shahih al-Bukhari 6622يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ لاَ تَسْأَلِ الإِمَارَةَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ أُوتِيتَهَا عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ وُكِلْتَ إِلَيْهَا وَإِنْ أُوتِيتَهَا مِنْ غَيْرِ مَسْأَلَةٍ أُعِنْتَ عَلَيْهَا وَإِذَا حَلَفْتَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَيْتَ غَيْرَهَا خَي
• Shahih al-Bukhari 7146يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ لاَ تَسْأَلِ الإِمَارَةَ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ وُكِلْتَ إِلَيْهَا وَإِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ غَيْرِ مَسْأَلَةٍ أُعِنْتَ عَلَيْهَا وَإِذَا حَلَفْتَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَرَأَيْتَ غَيْرَهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا
• Shahih al-Bukhari 7147قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَا عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ لاَ تَسْأَلِ الإِمَارَةَ فَإِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ وُكِلْتَ إِلَيْهَا وَإِنْ أُعْطِيتَهَا عَنْ غَيْرِ مَسْأَلَةٍ أُعِنْتَ عَلَيْهَا وَإِذَا حَلَفْتَ عَلَى يَمِينٍ فَ

Other narrations of this report

Sunan an-Nasa'i 3782Musnad Ahmad 20629Sunan ad-Darimi 2392Sahih Ibn Hibban 4479al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 20004al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 4716

Narrators

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

   Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 50 AH, or: 51 AH
   عَبْد الرَّحْمَن بْن سَمُرَة العَبْشَمِيصحابي
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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
   الْحَسَنُثقة فقيه ، فاضل مشهور ، وكان يرسل كثيرا ويدلس
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3. 3
   Jarīr b. Ḥāzim

   Trustworthy (thiqah), but there is weakness in his narrations from Qatādah, and he has errors (awhām) when he narrates from memoryd. 170 AH or 177 AH or 179 AH, also said: 167 AH
   جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍثقة ، لكن في حديثه عن قتادة ضعف ، وله أوهام إذا حدث من حفظه
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4. 4
   Shaybān b. Farrūkh

   truthful (ṣadūq), has lapses (wahm), and accused of Qadarism (qadar)d. 235 AH, or 236 AH, or 237 AH, or 238 AH
   شَيْبَانُ بْنُ فَرُّوخَصدوق يهم , ورمي بالقدر
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5. 5
   Muslim

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), an imam, an author of compilations, knowledgeable in jurisprudence (fiqh)d. Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb said: 261 AH, Makkī b. ʿAbdān said: 259 AH
   مُسْلِمٌثقة حافظ ، إمام ، مصنف ، عالم بالفقه

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riyad 673briyad 1715bMishkat al-Masabih 3680b