صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الإمارة
The Book on Government
باب فَضِيلَةِ الإِمَامِ الْعَادِلِ وَعُقُوبَةِ الْجَائِرِ وَالْحَثِّ عَلَى الرِّفْقِ بِالرَّعِيَّةِ وَالنَّهْيِ عَنْ إِدْخَالِ الْمَشَقَّةِ عَلَيْهِمْ:
Chapter: The virtue of a just ruler and the punishment of a tyrant; Encouragement to treat those under one's authority with kindness and the prohibition against causing them hardship
Hadith 142
This hadith is listed as number 4732 in Maktaba Shamila
وحَدَّثَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ الْعَمِّيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ، أَخْبَرَنِي سَوَادَةُ بْنُ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي أَنَّ مَعْقِلَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ مَرِضَ ، فَأَتَاهُ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ يَعُودُهُ نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ الْحَسَنِ ، عَنْ مَعْقِلٍ .
It has been narrated on the authority of Abu al-Aswad who said: My father related to me that Ma'qil bin Yasir fell ill. 'Ubaidullah bin Ziyad called on him to inquire after his health. Here follows the tradition as narrated by Hasan from Ma'qil.
