Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 32602 — Reports on talk about rulers

Qays (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I saw Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) demanding from Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) the dirhams he had lent him from the public treasury. He said: "Return this money." Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I think you are about to meet with something evil." Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Return that money." He said: "O Ibn Mas'ud, are you not just a slave from the tribe of Hudhayl?" The narrator said: At this Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Are you not the son of Humaynah?" The narrator said: The nephew of Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Indeed, the two of you are Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and people are watching you." Then Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) raised his hands, saying: "O Allah, Lord of the heavens and the earth." Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Woe to you! Say what you will, but do not curse." The narrator said: Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "By Allah, were it not for the fear of Allah, I would make a supplication against you that would not miss you." The narrator said: Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) went away just as he had come.