Hadith 59

(The book) ‘Tuhaf Al Uqoul’ –
‘His-saww advice to Muaz Bin Jabal when he-saww sent him to Al-Yemen: ‘O Muaz! Teach them the Book of Allah-azwj, and improve their education upon the righteous manners, and status the people at their status, their good ones and their evil ones, and implement among them the Commands of Allah-azwj and do not avoid anyone regarding His-azwj nor His-azwj wealth, for it is neither your governance nor your wealth. And fulfil to them the entrustment regarding every little and more, and upon you is being with the kindness and the pardoning without neglecting the truth (lest) the ignorant says, ‘You have neglected from the right of Allah-azwj’. And apologise to your office bearers from every matter you fear that a fault might fall to you from him until they apologise to you, and kill of the matters of the pre-Islamic period except what has conducted, and reveal the matters of, all of it, its minor and its major. And let most of your concern be the Salat, for it is head of after the acknowledgment with the religion, and remind the people of Allah-azwj and the Last Day, and follow the preaching for it is more strengthening for them upon the deed with what Allah-azwj Loves, then send the teachers among them, and worship Allah-azwj Whom you will be returning to, and do not fear a blame of any blamer for the Sake of Allah-azwj. And I-saww advise you with fearing Allah-azwj, and the truthful narration, and the loyalty with the pact, and fulfilling the entrustment, and neglecting the betrayal, and soft speech, and exert (initiate) the greetings, and protect the neighbour, and be merciful to the orphan, and improve the deeds, and shorten the hopes, and love the Hereafter, and be alarmed from the Reckoning, and necessitate the Eman and the understanding in the Quran, and swallow the anger, and lower the wings (be humble). And beware of insulting a Muslim, or obeying a sinner, or disobeying a just Imam-asws, or belying a truthful; and remember your Lord-azwj at every tree and rock, and renew the repentance for every sin, the secret with the secret, and the open with the open. O Muaz! Had I-saww not viewed that we shall not be meeting up to the Day of Qiyamah, I-saww would have shortened in the advice, but I-saww were to view that we shall not be meeting, ever! Then know, O Muaz, that the most beloved of you to me-saww is the one who will meet me upon similar state which he had separated from me-saww upon’’. [35]