Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34735 — Leadership

A man from the tribe of Abd al-Qays said: "I saw Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) on a donkey in an army of which he was the amir, and his two shins were dangling, and the men of the army were saying: 'The amir has come! The amir has come!' At this Sayyiduna Salman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: 'Good and evil in this matter will be decided only after today.' And he said: 'If you are able to eat dust and not become amir over two men, then do so. And beware of the supplication of the oppressed, for nothing stands in its way.'"