سنن ابي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
كتاب الخراج والفيء والإمارة
Tribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Kitab Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai Wal-Imarah)
باب مَا جَاءَ فِي طَلَبِ الإِمَارَةِ
Chapter: What Has Been Related About Seeking A Position Of Leadership.
Hadith 2930
حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ بَقِيَّةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيل بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ ، عَنْ أَخِيهِ ، عَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ قُرَّةَ الْكَلْبِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ، قَالَ : انْطَلَقْتُ مَعَ رَجُلَيْنِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَتَشَهَّدَ أَحَدُهُمَا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : جِئْنَا لِتَسْتَعِينَ بِنَا عَلَى عَمَلِكَ ، وَقَالَ الآخَرُ مِثْلَ قَوْلِ صَاحِبِهِ ، فَقَالَ :إِنَّ أَخْوَنَكُمْ عِنْدَنَا مَنْ طَلَبَهُ ، فَاعْتَذَرَ أَبُو مُوسَى إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ : لَمْ أَعْلَمْ لِمَا جَاءَا لَهُ فَلَمْ يَسْتَعِنْ بِهِمَا عَلَى شَيْءٍ حَتَّى مَاتَ .
Narrated Abu Musa: I went along with two men to see the Prophet ﷺ. One of them recited tashahhud and said: We have come to you so that you may employ us for your work. The other also said the same thing. He (the Prophet) replied: The most faithless of you in our eyes is the one who asked for it (responsible post). Abu Musa then apologized to the Prophet ﷺ and said: I did not know why they came to you. He did not employ them for anything until he died.
