مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الفتن
The Book of Tribulations
(إِذَا أُسْنِدَتِ الحُكُومَةُ إِلَى غَيْرِ الأَكْفَاءِ فَانْتَظِرُوا القِيَامَةَ)
(When governance is entrusted to the unqualified, await the Day of Judgment)
Hadith 5439
وَعَن أبي هريرةَ قَالَ: بَيْنَمَا كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُحَدِّثُ إِذْ جَاءَ أَعْرَابِيٌّ فَقَالَ: مَتَى السَّاعَةُ؟ قَالَ: «إِذَا ضُيِّعَتِ الْأَمَانَةُ فَانْتَظِرِ السَّاعَةَ» . قَالَ: كَيْفَ إِضَاعَتُهَا؟ قَالَ: «إِذَا وُسِّدَ الْأَمْرُ إِلَى غَيْرِ أَهْلِهِ فَانْتَظِرِ السَّاعَةَ» . رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ
Abu Huraira told that while the Prophet was talking a nomadic Arab came and asked when the last hour would come, to which he replied, "When the practice of honouring a trust is lost expect the last hour." He asked how it could be lost and he replied, "When rule is given to people who are unworthy of it, expect the last hour." Bukhari transmitted it.
