Narrated `Abdur-Rahman bin Samura:The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O `Abdur-Rahman! Do not seek to be a ruler, for if you are given authority on your demand then you will be held responsible for it, but if you are given it without asking (for it), then you will be helped (by Allah) in it. If you ever take an oath to do something and later on you find that something else is better, then you should expiate your oath and do what is better
Isnād — the people who carried this hadith
4 narrators · 1 identified
al-Bukhārī(compiler)
حَدَّثَنَا— Heard directly from the teacher (samāʿ)
Names are exactly as printed. A narrator is identified only where that is certain; tapping any other name searches for the possible men. Grades are the rijāl works’ — reliable narrators alone do not make a hadith ṣaḥīḥ (irregularity and hidden defects are weighed too).
Similar wording found in…
14 same wording · 2 partial · group of 16 texts
Found automatically by comparing the Arabic wording of the text (not the chain). This is not a scholarly takhrīj — check the source before citing. Grades are each source’s own.
The hadith, its translation and grade are shown above. For more, change the depth or open the tabs: authenticity, commentary, related narrations and research material.
