Justice and tyranny

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In Paradise there is a palace called Adn. Around it are towers and lofty mansions. It has five thousand gates, and at each and every gate there will be five thousand chosen women. None will enter that palace and dwell in it except a prophet, a siddiq (truthful one), a martyr or a just ruler."
Al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains Abdullah bin Muslim bin Hurmuz, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) reports that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The sultan is the shade of Allah on earth, to whom every oppressed person among the servants of Allah comes for refuge. If he (the ruler) acts with justice, he will have the reward, and there will be (the narrator said: meaning, upon the subjects) gratitude due. If he acts tyrannically, transgresses or oppresses, the burden of it will be upon him, and patience will be due upon the subjects. When war is waged against the rulers, drought descends from the sky; when zakah is withheld, livestock perish; when fornication becomes widespread, poverty and destitution become widespread; and when the covenant of protection (dhimmah) is violated, the disbelievers are given the upper hand." (The narrator said: or some other words like it.)
Al-Bazzar recorded it; its chain contains Sa'id bin Sinan Abu Mahdi, who is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Ma'qil bin Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "After me, when only a short time has passed, injustice will come, and whenever injustice appears, an equal amount of justice will depart, until a child will be born in the time of injustice who will know nothing other than injustice. Then Allah Almighty will bring justice, and as justice comes, injustice will depart in the same measure, until a child will be born in the time of justice who will know nothing other than it (that is, nothing of injustice)."
Ahmad recorded it. Its chain contains Khalid bin Tahman, whom Abu Hatim al-Razi and Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy); Ibn Hibban said: He makes mistakes and falls into errors. The rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This Ummah will continue to be upon goodness as long as they speak the truth when they speak, act with justice when they judge, and show mercy when mercy is sought from them."
Abu Ya'la recorded it, and al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains Ishaq bin Yahya bin Talhah, who is matruk (abandoned).

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When you judge, act with justice; and when you kill (in carrying out a punishment or in battle), do it in a good manner, for Allah Almighty is the One who does good, and He loves those who do good."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "One day of a just ruler is more virtuous than sixty years of worship, and a prescribed punishment (hadd) carried out in the land on the basis of its right (that is, the execution of a punishment) is purer for the land than forty years of rain."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Kabir and al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains Sa'd Abu Ghaylan al-Shaybani, whom I do not know; the rest of its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Abu Qahdham said: In the time of Ziyad a bag was found containing things the size of date stones, and on them was written: "This is the produce of a time in which justice was practised."
Ahmad recorded it, and Abu Qahdham is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection, the most severe punishment will be for an unjust ruler."
Al-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains Atiyyah, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In Hell there is a valley, and in that valley there is a well called 'Habhab'. It is binding upon Allah Almighty to make every stubborn tyrant (ruler) dwell in it."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat, and its chain is hasan (good).

Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection, the most excellent in rank and station before Allah Almighty will be the ruler who is just and gentle; and on the Day of Resurrection, the worst of the servants of Allah in rank and station before Allah Almighty will be the unjust and harsh ruler."
Al-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat. Its chain contains Ibn Lahi'ah, whose hadith is hasan (good), though there is weakness in him.