باب: كراهية طلب الإمارة والقضاء وما يكره من الحرص عليهما والتسرع إليهما، وأنه إذا ابتلي بهما عن غير مسألة كان الأمر أسهل، وإلى النجاة أقرب
The dislike of seeking leadership and judgeship, of craving and rushing towards them, and that if one is tested with them without asking, the matter is easier and closer to salvation
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Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman! Do not ask for leadership. If it is given to you because you asked for it, you will be left to it; and if it is given to you without your asking, you will be helped in it. When you swear an oath to do something and another thing is better than it, then expiate your oath and do what is better."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20246
Sayyiduna Abd al-Rahman bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Abd al-Rahman! Do not ask for leadership. If it is given to you because you asked for it, you will be left to it; if it comes to you without asking, you will be helped. If you swear an oath to do something and another thing is better than it, then expiate your oath and do what is better."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20247
Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with two of my cousins. One of them said: O Messenger of Allah! Make us governors over some of what Allah has placed under your authority. The other said the same, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "We do not appoint as governor one who asks for it, nor one who is eager for it."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20248
Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Whoever seeks the office of judge and seeks help for it will be left to it. And whoever neither seeks it nor seeks help for it, Allah appoints over him an angel who helps him and keeps him upright."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20249
Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever seeks the office of judge and has intercessors ask for it will be left to it, and whoever is compelled to take it, Allah Almighty appoints over him an angel who keeps him upright."
Abu Isa al-Tirmidhi said, according to what has reached me from him: This hadith is hasan gharib, and it is more authentic than the hadith of Isra'il from Abd al-A'la.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20250
Abd al-Rahman (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Two men came to the mosque and said: Who will judge between us? A young man said: I will. So Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Do not hasten to pass judgement.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20251
Abd al-Rahman bin Bishr (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Two men entered through the gate of Kindah while Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) was sitting in a circle. The narrator said: They said: Let some man judge between us. A man from that gathering said: I will. So Abu Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) took a handful of pebbles, threw them at him and said: Stop! For haste in judgement is disliked.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20252
Wahb bin Munabbih narrates from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) a marfu' hadith: "Whoever lives in the desert becomes harsh, whoever pursues game becomes heedless, and whoever comes to the ruler falls into trial." [Da'if]
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20253
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever lives in the desert becomes harsh, whoever pursues game becomes heedless, and whoever comes to the ruler falls into trial. The nearer a servant draws to the ruler, the farther he becomes from Allah."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب آداب القاضي / 20255