سنن نسائي
Sunan an-Nasa'i
كتاب آداب القضاة
The Book of the Etiquette of Judges
بَابُ : النَّهْىِ عَنْ مَسْأَلَةِ الإِمَارَةِ
Chapter: Prohibition of Asking for Governorship
Hadith 5387
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ آدَمَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ ، عَنْ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ ، عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ ، عَنْ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " إِنَّكُمْ سَتَحْرِصُونَ عَلَى الْإِمَارَةِ ، وَإِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ نَدَامَةً وَحَسْرَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، فَنِعْمَتِ الْمُرْضِعَةُ ، وَبِئْسَتِ الْفَاطِمَةُ " .
´It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that :` The Prophet [SAW] said: "You will be keen for governorship but it will be regret and loss on the Day of Resurrection. What a good position it is when they are alive, but how miserable their state when they die (and leave it behind)."
