مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الرقاقThe Book of Heart-Softeners
(إِذَا كَانَ حُكَّامُكُمْ خِيَارًا أَوْ شِرَارًا فَـ...)(If your rulers are the best or the worst, then...)
Hadith 5368
اُردوEn
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِذَا كَانَ أُمَرَاؤُكُمْ خِيَارَكُمْ وَأَغْنِيَاؤُكُمْ سُمَحَاءَكُمْ وَأُمُورُكُمْ شُورَى بَيْنِكُمْ فَظَهْرُ الْأَرْضِ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ مِنْ بَطْنِهَا. وَإِذَا كَانَ أمراؤكم شِرَاركُمْ وأغنياؤكم بخلاؤكم وَأُمُورُكُمْ إِلَى نِسَائِكُمْ فَبَطْنُ الْأَرْضِ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ من ظهرهَا» . رَوَاهُ التِّرْمِذِيّ وَقَالَ: هَذَا حديثٌ غَرِيب
Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When your leaders are the best among you, your wealthy are generous, and your affairs are decided by mutual consultation, then the surface of the earth is better for you than its interior (i.e., life is better than death). And when your rulers are evil, your wealthy are miserly, and your affairs are entrusted to women, then the interior of the earth is better for you than its surface (i.e., death is better than life)." (Tirmidhi), and he said: This hadith is gharib. Its chain is weak. Narrated by al-Tirmidhi.
