Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 23003a
"مَنْ كَانَتْ عنْدَهُ نَصيحَةٌ لذِي سُلْطَانٍ فَلَا يُكَلِّمْهُ بهَا عَلَانيَةً، وَلْيَأخُذْ بِيَدِه فَلْيَخْلُ بِه، فَإِنْ قَبِلَهَا قَبلَها وَإِلا كَانَ قَدْ أَدَّى الَّذِي لَهُ وَالَّذِي عَلَيه".
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"Whoever has advice for a ruler, let him not speak it to him openly, but let him take his hand and be alone with him. If he accepts it, well and good; otherwise he has fulfilled what was his duty and what was upon him."
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Notes
[طب] الطبرانى في الكبير [ك] الحاكم في المستدرك [ق] البيهقى في السنن وتُعُقِّب عن عِياض بن غنم وهشام بن حكيم مَعًا
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