صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الإيمان
The Book of Faith
باب اسْتِحْقَاقِ الْوَالِي الْغَاشِّ لِرَعِيَّتِهِ النَّارَ:
Chapter: One in charge of a matter, who cheats his subjects, deserves the fire
Hadith 142
This hadith is listed as number 364 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى ، أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ، عَنْ يُونُسَ ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ ، قَالَ : دَخَلَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَلَى مَعْقَلِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ ، وَهُوَ وَجِعٌ فَسَأَلَهُ ، فَقَالَ : إِنِّي مُحَدِّثُكَ حَدِيثًا لَمْ أَكُنْ حَدَّثْتُكَهُ ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " لَا يَسْتَرْعِي اللَّهُ عَبْدًا رَعِيَّةً يَمُوتُ حِينَ يَمُوتُ وَهُوَ غَاشٌّ لَهَا ، إِلَّا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ الْجَنَّةَ " ، قَالَ : أَلَّا كُنْتَ حَدَّثْتَنِي هَذَا قَبْلَ الْيَوْمِ ؟ قَالَ : مَا حَدَّثْتُكَ أَوْ لَمْ أَكُنْ لَأُحَدِّثَكَ .
Hasan reported: Ubaidullah bin Ziyad went to see Ma'qil bin Yasir and he was ailing. He ('Ubaidullah) inquired (about his health) to which he (Ma'qil) replied: I am narrating to you a hadith which I avoided narrating to you (before). Verily the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed: Allah does not entrust to his bondsman the responsibility of managing the affairs of his subjects and he dies as a dishonest (ruler) but Paradise is forbidden by Allah for such a (ruler). He (Ibn Ziyad) said: Why did you not narrate it to me before this day? He replied: I (in fact) did not narrate it to you as it was not (fit) for me to narrate that to you.
