Al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 2170 — Being a tribal chief ('irafah)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri and Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A time will surely come upon people when foolish and senseless rulers (umara' sufaha') will be set over you. They will bring the worst people of society close (advancing them to offices) and push the best of them back, and they will delay the prayers from their appointed times. So whoever among you lives to see that time should never become their 'arif (government overseer or official), nor a shurati (police soldier), nor a jabi (collector of taxes and alms), nor a kha'in (a betrayer of trust or a state agent)."
In this narration the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) foretold the trials and administrative corruption that would arise in the future, and he strongly warned the believers against becoming instruments in the system of unjust and foolish rulers, so that they would not share in their oppression and sins.