Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 20483a
"مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلَ عامِلًا مِنَ المُسْلِمِينَ وهُو يعْلَمُ أَنَّ فِيهِمْ أَوْلَى بِذَلِكَ مِنْهُ، وأَعْلَم بِكِتاب الله وَسُنَّةِ نَبيِّهِ، فَقَدْ خَانَ الله ورسُولَهُ وجَمِيع الْمُسْلِمِينَ".
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"Whoever appoints an official from among the Muslims while he knows that among them is one more deserving of that position than him and more knowledgeable of the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Prophet, has betrayed Allah, His Messenger, and all the Muslims."
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Notes
[ق] البيهقى في السنن عن ابن عباس
machine translation[Q] Al-Bayhaqī in al-Sunan, from Ibn ʿAbbās.
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