Hadith 149

r (department) from the matters (departments), a head from them. Neither would its bigness overcome him nor would its abundance confuse him. And whatever faults there are among your secretaries, and is hidden from you, it would be blamed on you. Then be advised by the traders and ones with manufacturing, and advise them goodly, the ones from them established, the one trading with his wealth, and the physical labourers, for they are sources of profit and the causes of the items, and their importers from the remote areas and the travellers in your land, and your sea, and your coast, and your mountain, and where the people cannot get to these places nor would they dare upon these, for they are peaceful, there is no fear with a rebellion and truce, there is no fearing its treason. And check out their affairs in your presence and in the areas of your country, and know along with that is most of them there is narrow-mindedness, immorality, and ugly greed, and they hoard for the benefit and fix high prices in the selling, and that is a harmful door for the public, and a fault upon the ruler. Prohibit from the hoarding for Rasool-Allah-saww had forbidden from it, and let the selling be a smooth selling with scales of justice and prices, not harmful with the two parties from the seller and the buyer. The one who practices hoarding after you prohibiting it, then be exemplary with him and punish without being excessive. Then Allah-azwj, Allah-azwj regarding the lower strata (layer), from the ones there are no means for them, from the poor and the needy, and the people of misery and disability. In this stratum are the content one and the beggar. Preserve what Allah-azwj has Made you to preserve from His-azwj Rights regarding them, and make a distribution to be for them from your public treasury, and a portion from the granary of in every city, as for the remote one from them is similar for the one who is nearby. And each one, his right is in your care, so do not let haughtiness pre-occupy you from them, for there is no excuse for you with wasting the small matter due to you deciding the numerous important ones. So, do not be unmindful of them nor puff your cheeks to them. And check out the affairs of the ones from the who cannot arrive to you, from the ones storm at (with contempt) and the men belittle. Appoint for them your trustworthy one from the people of humbleness and politeness and let him raise their matters to you. Then work regarding them with the excusing to Allah-azwj the Glorious on the Day you meet Him-azwj, for they, from between the citizens are neediest to the fairness than others are and excuse to Allah-azwj the Exalted in fulfilling His-azwj Rights to him. And check out the orphans and people with tenderness in the years (old aged), from the one there are no means for him nor does he stand to the begging himself, and that is heavy upon the ruler, and the rights, all of these are heavy, and Allah-azwj Lightens it upon a people seeking the end-result, so they observe patience themselves and they rely with the truthfulness of the Promise of Allah-azwj for them. And make a distribution to be for the needy ones from you, free your own person for them regarding it, and you should sit for them in a general gathering. Be humble in it for the sake of Allah-azwj Who Created you. And make your army to sit back from them, and your supporters from your guards, and your police, until a speaker speaks to you without h