The eagerness for the Emirate
الْحِرْصُ عَلَى الْإِمَارَةِ
Sunan an-Nasa'i al-Kubra, Book of Judgements(view book)
Muḥammad b. Ādam > Ibn al-Mubārak > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Maqburī > Abū Hurayrah
"You will become keen for positions of authority, but that will become a regret and loss. What a good life they will live, but how hard it will be for them when they die."
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ آدَمَ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنِ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّكُمْ سَتَحْرِصُونَ عَلَى الْإِمَارَةِ وَإِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ نَدَامَةً وَحَسْرَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَنِعْمَتِ الْمُرْضِعَةُ وَبِئْسَتِ الْفَاطِمَةُ»
Classification
Yazīd b. Sinān > ʿAbdullāh b. Ḥumrān > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd > Saʿīd b. Abū Saʿīd al-Maqburī > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥakam > Abū Hurayrah
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)."
أَخْبَرَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ حُمْرَانَ قَالَ عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ
أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ «إِنَّكُمْ سَتَحْرِصُونَ عَلَى الْإِمَارَةِ وَإِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ حَسْرَةً وَنَدَامَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَنِعْمَتِ الْمُرْضِعَةُ وَبِئْسَتِ الْفَاطِمَةُ»