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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 15960 — his father gave this counsel at the time

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْعَدَوِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ، ثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ، أَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مُطَرِّفًا، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ حَكِيمِ بْنِ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ التَّمِيمِيِّ، أَنَّ أَبَاهُ، أَوْصَى عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ فَقَالَ: «بَنِيَّ اتَّقُوا اللهَ، وَسَوِّدُوا أَكْبَرَكُمْ فَإِنَّ الْقَوْمَ إِذَا سَوَّدُوا أَكْبَرَهُمْ خُلِّفُوا أَبَاهُمْ، وَإِذَا سَوَّدُوا أَصْغَرَهُمْ أَزْرِي بِهِم فِي أَكِفَّائِكُمْ، وَعَلَيْكُمْ بِاصْطِنَاعِ الْمَالِ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْبَهَةٌ لِلْكَرَمِ، وَيُسْتَغْنَى بِهِ عَنِ اللَّئِيمِ، وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَمَسْأَلَةَ النَّاسِ فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ آخِرِ كَسْبِ الْمَرْءِ، وَإِذَا مُتُّ فَلَا تَنُوحُوا فَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يُنَحْ عَلَيْهِ، وَإِذَا مُتُّ فَادْفِنُونِي بِأَرْضٍ لَا يَشْعُرُ بِدَفْنِي بَكْرُ بْنُ وَائِلٍ فَإِنِّي كُنْتُ أُغَاوِلُهُمْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ»
Hakim bin Qays bin Asim al-Tamimi narrates that his father gave this counsel at the time of his death: "My sons, fear Allah, and make the eldest of you your chief, for when a people make their eldest their chief, they put him in place of their father; and when they make their youngest their chief, it is a disgrace to you among your peers. Hold fast to earning and caring for wealth, for it rouses generosity and through it one is freed from need of the base. Beware of asking people, for it is the last resort of a man's earning. When I die, do not wail over me, for no wailing was done over the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). And when I die, bury me in a land where Banu Bakr bin Wa'il will not know of my burial, for I used to raid them by night in the Days of Ignorance."
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب القاف / 15960
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 18، صفحہ 339، حدیث 869