Abu Qabil narrates: Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah bin Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with him) ascended the pulpit on Friday and said during his sermon: "This (public) wealth is our wealth, and the fay' is our fay'; we will give it to whomever we wish and withhold it from whomever we wish." No one answered him. When the next Friday came, he said something similar, but again no one answered him. When the third Friday came, he said the same thing, and a man from among those present in the mosque stood up before him and said: "Never! This (public) wealth is our wealth, and the spoils are our spoils; whoever tries to stand between us and it, we will take our case against him to Allah Almighty with our swords." When Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) came down from the pulpit (and went home after the prayer), he sent for that man, and he was brought in to him. The people said: "This man is finished." When the people went in to him, they found the man sitting with Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) on the couch. Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) said to the people: "This man has given me life; may Allah Almighty give him life! I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: 'Soon after me there will be rulers who will speak (wrongly) and no one will answer them back; they will plunge headlong into Hell just as monkeys leap about.' I spoke on the first Friday and no one answered me, so I feared that I might be one of them. Then I spoke on the second Friday and no one answered me, so I said to myself that I am one of those people. Then I spoke on the third Friday, and this man stood up and answered me (or rejected what I said), so he has given me life; may Allah Almighty give him life!"
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and Abu Ya'la recorded it, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الخلافة / 9199
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ صحیح
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