صحيح البخاري
Bukhari
كتاب الأحكامThe Book of Al-Ahkam (Judgements)
بَابُ مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنَ الْحِرْصِ عَلَى الإِمَارَةِ:Chapter. What is disliked regarding being keen to have the authority of ruling.
Hadith 7149
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ ، عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، قَالَ : " دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَا وَرَجُلَانِ مِنْ قَوْمِي ، فَقَالَ أَحَدُ الرَّجُلَيْنِ : أَمِّرْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ مِثْلَهُ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّا لَا نُوَلِّي هَذَا مَنْ سَأَلَهُ ، وَلَا مَنْ حَرَصَ عَلَيْهِ " .
Narrated Abu Musa: Two men from my tribe and I entered upon the Prophet. One of the two men said to the Prophet, "O Allah's Apostle! Appoint me as a governor," and so did the second. The Prophet said, "We do not assign the authority of ruling to those who ask for it, nor to those who are keen to have it."
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
1.
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) has greatly warned against seeking governmental positions, lest a person’s intention becomes corrupt and it leads to his ruin in the Hereafter.
The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
“Whoever is appointed as a judge has indeed been slaughtered without a knife.”
(Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi, al-Ahkam, Hadith 1325)
2.
A person who is slaughtered with a knife is finished within two or three minutes, but if someone is slaughtered without a knife, it is obvious that his end will not come quickly; rather, his suffering will be prolonged. That is to say, this is not a bed of roses but a necklace of thorns. However, if one desires it and strives to attain it, then how detestable is such an act!
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
“Such a person should be deprived of the position who himself seeks and is greedy for it.”
1.
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) has greatly warned against seeking governmental positions, lest a person’s intention becomes corrupt and it leads to his ruin in the Hereafter.
The Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
“Whoever is appointed as a judge has indeed been slaughtered without a knife.”
(Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi, al-Ahkam, Hadith 1325)
2.
A person who is slaughtered with a knife is finished within two or three minutes, but if someone is slaughtered without a knife, it is obvious that his end will not come quickly; rather, his suffering will be prolonged. That is to say, this is not a bed of roses but a necklace of thorns. However, if one desires it and strives to attain it, then how detestable is such an act!
The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
“Such a person should be deprived of the position who himself seeks and is greedy for it.”
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 7149
