Hadith 149

with the people from yourself, and from the special ones of your family, and the ones from your citizens in whom is a personal desire for you, for if you do not do so, you would be unjust, and the ones who oppresses servants of Allah-azwj, Allah-azwj would Contend him besides His-azwj servants, and the one whom Allah-azwj Contends, would Refute his argument, and he would be at war against Allah-azwj until he ceases and repents. And there isn’t anything more inviting to changing a bounty of Allah-azwj and hastens His-azwj Vengeance (Reprisal) than staying upon an injustice, for Allah-azwj Hears supplication of the oppressed and He-azwj is with the ambush to the oppressors. Let the most beloved of the matters to you be its moderate ones regarding the rights, and its general regarding the justice, and collective to the pleasure of the citizens, for the disagreement of the public would eradicate the agreement of the particular ones, and that the disagreement of the particular ones would be disregarded with the agreement of the public. And there isn’t anyone from the citizens who is heavier upon the ruler for assistance during the prosperity, and less assistance to him during the afflictions, and more disliking to the fairness, and more persistent with asking the favours, and less gratefulness during the awards, and delaying the excusing during the refusal, and weaker of patience during the discomforts of the times, than the special people. And rather, pillars of the religion, and unity of the Muslims, and the numbers to the enemies are the generality from the community, so let your listening be to them and your inclining along with them, and let the remotest of your citizens from you their adversarial in your presence be their most inquisitive to the shortcoming of the people. For sure there would be faults in the people, and the rulers are the most rightful one to conceal these. So, do not uncover from what is hidden from it, for rather it is upon you to cleanse whatever is revealed to you, and Allah-azwj will Judge upon what is hidden from you, therefore conceal the shame as much as you can with the Veil of Allah-azwj from you, what you would love its concealment from your citizens. Free from the people the knot of every grudge and cut off from you the cause of every string (enmity), and be absent from all what is not clear to you, and do not be hasty to ratify a backbiter, for the backbiter is a cheat and even he resembles with the advisers. And do not include a miser among your consultants. He would point you away from the grace and threaten you of the poverty, nor a coward, he would weaken you from the affairs, nor a greedy one, he would adorn for you the evil with the tyranny, for the miserliness and the cowardliness and the greed are various instincts combined by evil thoughts with Allah-azwj. The evilest of your ministers is the one who had been a minister for the evil (rulers) before you, and one who participated with them in the sins, so do not let them become confidants for you for they are supporters of the sinners and brothers of the oppressors; and you will find better replacements than them from the ones who has a view like their and their implementations and there wouldn’t be upon him like their support (of tyrants), and their burdens, and their sins, from the ones who did not support any oppressor upon his injustice, nor any sinner upon his sin, and they would be lighter upon you of provision an