Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39943 — Those who disliked going out during

It is narrated from Abu Salih al-Hanafi that a man came to Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him). The two of them were sitting in the mosque, and the people of Kufah had expelled Sayyiduna Sa'id bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him). The man said: "What keeps you seated when the people have already gone out? By Allah, we are upon the Sunnah." The two of them said: "How can you be upon the Sunnah when you have expelled your imam? By Allah, you cannot be upon the Sunnah until the ruler shows compassion and the subjects are sincere." The narrator said: A man said to them: "If the ruler does not show kindness while the subjects are sincere, what do you command us to do?" He said: "We will go out and leave you."