Shu'ab al-Iman (al-Bayhaqi) 7133
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَصْرِ بْنُ قَتَادَةَ، نا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ بَالَوَيْهِ الصُّوفِيُّ، إِمْلَاءً، نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، نا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ الْبَلْخِيُّ، نا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْبَلْخِيُّ، سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُيَيْنَةَ، وَحَمَّادَ بْنَ زَيْدٍ يَقُولُانِ:
" لَا تَتِمُّ الرِّئَاسَةُ لِلرِّجَالِ إِلَّا بِأَرْبَعٍ: عِلْمٍ جَامِعٍ، وَوَرِعٍ تَامٍّ، وَحِلْمٍ كَامِلٍ، وَحُسْنِ التَّدْبِيرِ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هَذِهِ الْأَرْبَعَةُ فَمَائِدةٌ مَنْصُوبَةٌ، وَكَفٌّ مَبْسُوطَةٌ، وَبَذْلٌ مَبْذُولٌ، وَحُسْنُ الْمُعَاشَرَةِ مَعَ النَّاسِ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ هَذِهِ الْأَرْبَعُ فَبِضَرْبِ السَّيْفِ، وَطَعْنِ الرُّمْحِ، وَشَجَاعَةِ الْقَلْبِ، وَتَدْبِيرِ الْعَسَاكِرِ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْخِصَالِ شَيْءٌ فَلَا يَنْبَغِي لَهُ أَنْ يَطْلُبَ الرِّئَاسَةَ "
Translation
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machine translationAbū Naṣr b. Qatādah informed us: Abū al-Qāsim ʿAbdullāh b. al-Ḥusayn b. Bālawayh al-Ṣūfī narrated to us, by dictation: Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī narrated to us: Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. Naṣr al-Balkhī narrated to us: Ibrāhīm b. Yūsuf al-Balkhī narrated to us: I heard Ibn ʿUyaynah and Ḥammād b. Zayd saying:
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"Leadership is not complete for men except with four things: comprehensive knowledge, perfect scrupulousness (wara‘), complete forbearance, and good management. If these four are not present, then a laid table, an open hand, generous giving, and good companionship with people. If these four are not present, then striking with the sword, thrusting with the spear, courage of heart, and managing the armies. If none of these qualities is in him, then it is not fitting for him to seek leadership."
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