Shu'ab al-Iman (al-Bayhaqi) 6986
✧ The virtue of the just ruler and what has come regarding the oppression of governors
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ جَنَاحُ بْنُ نَذِيرِ بْنِ جَنَاحٍ بِالْكُوفَةِ، أنا أَبُو جَعْفَرِ بْنُ دُحَيْمٍ، نا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ، أنا يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ الْعَسْقَلَانِيُّ، نا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ الْمُهَاجِرِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ،
قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ: " إِنَّ أَفْضَلَ عِبَادِ اللهِ عِنْدَ اللهِ مَنْزِلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِمَامٌ عَادِلٌ رَفِيقٌ، وَإِنَّ شَرَّ النَّاسِ مَنْزِلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِمَامٌ جَائِرٌ خَرِقٌ "
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machine translationAbū Muḥammad Janāḥ b. Nadhīr b. Janāḥ informed us in Kūfah, (he said) Abū Jaʿfar b. Duḥaym informed us, (he said) Aḥmad b. Ḥāzim narrated to us, (he said) Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-ʿAsqalānī informed us, (he said) ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb narrated to us, from Muḥammad b. Abī Ḥumayd, from Muḥammad b. Zayd b. al-Muhājir, from his father, from ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb,
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He said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Indeed, the best of Allah's servants in rank with Allah on the Day of Resurrection is a just, gentle leader, and indeed, the worst of people in rank on the Day of Resurrection is an unjust, harsh leader."
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- Misykatul Mashabih 3719وَعَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ أَفْضَلَ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مَنْزِلَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِمَامٌ عَادِلٌ رَفِيقٌ وَإِنَّ شَرَّ النَّاس
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Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mullā ʿAlī Qārī)
Lamaʿāt al-Tanqīḥ (ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dihlawī)
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