Hadith 149

the blood without its right, and Allah-azwj the Glorious will Begin with the Judgment on the Day of Qiyamah between the servants regarding what bloods they had shed. Therefore, do not strengthen your authority by shedding the forbidden blood, for that is from what would weaken it and enfeeble it. But it would decline it and overturn it, and there would be no excuse for you in the Presence of Allah-azwj nor in my-asws presence regarding the deliberate killing, because regarding it would be the physical retaliation. And if you were involved by error and there was excessiveness by you with your whip and your hand in punishing, for in the (slight) poke and what is above it would be a killing, so do not let the haughtiness of your authority aspire you preventing you from paying to the guardians of the killed one, their rights. And beware of being fascinated with yourself and trusting with whatever fascinates you from it, and love of the exaggerated praises, for that is from the strong opportunities of the Satan-la in himself-la to obliterate whatever good deeds happening from the good doer. And beware of reminding the conferment upon your citizens with your favours or magnification regarding what had happened from your deeds, or that you should make promises to them then follow your promise with your breaking it, for the reminding of the conferment would invalidate the favours, and magnification would do away with the radiance of the truth, and the breaking (of the promise) would obligate the hatred in the Presence of Allah-azwj and presence of the people. Allah-azwj the Glorious Said: It is most Hateful to Allah that you should say that which you do not do [61: 3]. Beware of being hasty with the matters before their time, or the abhorrence during it at its enablement, or the obstinacy in it when you dislike it or the weakness from it when it is clarified. Place every matter in its place and assign every work its assignment. And beware of the exclusive possession with what the people are equal, and the neglecting from what is meaningful from what is clear to the eye, for it is a seizure from you for others. And from a little while there will be uncovered from you the covering of the matters, and the fairness from you to the oppressed (would be required). Control the sense of your pride, and outburst of your anger, and might of your arm, and sharpness of your tongue, and beware from all that by refraining from the rushing into (matters) and the delaying the outburst until your anger subsides and you are in control of the choice, and you will never decide that from yourself until you frequent your worries with the remembrance of the return to your Lord-azwj. And the obligation upon you is that you recall what has passed for the ones who preceded you from a just government, or a meritorious Sunnah, or a Hadeeth from our Prophet-saww, or an Obligation in the Book of Allah-azwj, so you should follow with what you have witnessed from what we have worked with and struggle for yourself in following what has been pacted to you in this pact of mine-asws, and trusted with from the argument to myself-asws upon you, so that there would not happen to be any reason for you during quickness by yourself to its sentiments. And from this pact, and it is its last, and I-asws ask Allah-azwj the Exalted with His-azwj vast Mercy, and His-azwj magnificent Power upon giving every desire that He-azwj Harmonises me and you to what there is H