Hadith 149

k of his performance, nor should the nobility of a person call you to magnify his performance of what was small, nor drop down a person by belittling from his performance what was (actually) great. And refer it to Allah-azwj and His-azwj Rasool-saww what matters worry you and are confusing upon you from the matters. Allah-azwj the Glorious has Said to a people He-azwj Loved to Guide them: O you who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Rasool and those with (Divine) Authority from you. Thus, if you were to quarrel about anything, refer it to Allah and the Rasool [4: 59]. So, the referring to Allah-azwj is the taking with the Decisive of His-azwj Book and the referring to the Rasool-saww is the taking with the Sunnah, the whole without separation. Then choose between the people for the judgment, the most superior of your citizens in your view, from the ones the affairs would not be straitened with him, nor would his judgment, nor would he deliberately be in the error, nor would he be confined from the environment to the truth when he does recognises it, nor would be overlook himself upon greed nor suffice with low understanding besides being thorough. And he should pause them during the doubtful matters, and take them with the arguments, and least disgusted with the dispute of the litigants, and most patient of them upon uncovering the affairs and their bravest at passing the judgment, from the ones compliments do not sway him nor would he be tempted by elation, and they are few. Then frequently check his judgment and be generous to him in the expenses what would impede his reason and his needs to the people would be reduced by it, and give him from the status with you what no others can covet regarding it apart from him, from your special ones for him to be safe by that from the men in your presence to aspire to him. And consider that with a far-reaching consideration, for this religion has been a captive in the hands of the evil ones working in it with the personal opinions and seeking the world by it. Then consider regarding the affairs of your office bearers and employ them by choice but do not place them in charge by prejudice and favouritism from these two are from a branch of tyranny and betrayal, and select from them the people of experience and the bashfulness from the people of the righteous households, and the precedence in, the ancientness, for they are honourable replacements and high honours, and little in looking greedily and more reaching consideration in the end-result of the affairs. Then be generous with the sustenance upon them, for in that is strength for them upon the correcting themselves and there would be no need for them to grab what (wealth) is under their hands and be an argument against them if they opposed your orders or misappropriated your entrustments. Then check out their works and send agents from the people of truthfulness and the loyalty upon them, for if they pledge to you in the secret of their matters, be trusting to them upon utilising the entrustment and the kindness with the citizens. And be careful from the assistants, so if anyone of them extends his hand to betrayal, and the reports of it from your spies gather in your presence against him, suffice with that as testimony and extent the punishment upon him in his body and seize back whatever he had attained from his office, then install him in a place of disgrace and name him with the betrayal, and collar him with the sh