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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب آداب القاضي
Book of the Etiquette of the Judge
باب: كراهية الإمارة، وكراهية تولي أعمالها لمن رأى من نفسه ضعفا، أو رأى فرضها عنه بغيره ساقطا
Chapter: The dislike of leadership, and the dislike of taking up its duties for one who sees weakness in himself or sees that the obligation is fulfilled by others
Bayhaqi 20236 — The dislike of leadership, and the dislike of taking
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ، أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ اللَّيْثُ: " قَالَ لِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ: " تَلِي لِي مِصْرَ؟ "، قُلْتُ: " يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، إِنِّي أَضْعَفُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ، وَإِنِّي رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمَوَالِي "، فَقَالَ: " مَا بِكَ مِنْ ضَعْفٍ مَعِي، وَلَكِنْ ضَعُفَتْ نِيَّتُكَ فِي الْعَمَلِ لِي عَلَى ذَلِكَ، أَتُرِيدُ قُوَّةً أَقْوَى مِنِّي وَمِنْ عَمَلِي، فَأَمَّا إِذَا أَبِيتَ فَدُلَّنِي عَلَى رَجُلٍ أُقَلِّدُهُ أَمْرَ مِصْرَ "، قُلْتُ: " عُثْمَانُ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ الْجُذَامِيُّ رَجُلٌ لَهُ صَلَاحٌ، وَلَهُ عَشِيرَةٌ "، قَالَ: " فَبَلَغَهُ ذَلِكَ، فَعَاهَدَ اللهَ أَنْ لَا يُكَلِّمَ اللَّيْثَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ ".
Al-Layth (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Abu Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him) said to me: Become governor of Egypt on my behalf. I said: O Commander of the Faithful! I am a weak man. I am one of the mawali (freedmen). He said: You are not weak; it is only your intention to work with me that is weak. Do you want greater strength than mine, and greater work than my work? He said: If you refuse, then direct me to a man to whom I can entrust the governorship of Egypt. I said: Uthman bin al-Hakam al-Judhami (may Allah have mercy on him) is a righteous man, and he has a tribe as well. When this reached him, he swore by Allah that he would never speak to al-Layth bin Sa'd (may Allah have mercy on him).
