Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 19252a
"مَا منْ أمِيرٍ وَلا وَالٍ إلا وَلَهُ بِطَانَتَانِ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ: بِطَانَة تَأمُرُهُ بِالمعروفِ وَتَنْهَاهُ عَن المنكرِ، وَبِطَانَة لا تَألوهُ خَبَالًا، فَمَنْ وُقِيَ شَرَّهَا، فَقَد وَقِى وَهُوَ مِنَ الَّتِي تَغْلِبُ عَلَيهِ مِنْهُمَا".
Translation
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"There is no leader or governor except that he has two inner circles from his people: an inner circle that enjoins him to good and forbids him from evil, and an inner circle that spares no effort in corrupting him. Whoever is protected from the evil of the latter has been protected, and he is among those whom the one that prevails over him of the two dominates."
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[ن] النسائي خطِ [كر] ابن عساكر في تاريخه عن أبي هريرة
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