Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 28422 — The dislike of serving as a tribal

Uthman bin Hakim said that Abdullah bin Uthman, a man of the tribe of Banu Salul, related that his people called him in order to appoint him as overseer, and chose him for this post. He refused and declined it. He went to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him), consulted him and asked his opinion. He said: "Do not on any account become an overseer over them." They came to him again the next morning and kept pressing him until they had appointed him to it. He went to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) and told him that he had been compelled. At this he said: "Its beginning is intercession, its middle is betrayal, and its end is the punishment of Hell."