Narrated `Abdur-Rahman bin Samura:
The Prophet said, "O `Abdur-Rahman bin Samura! Do not seek to be a ruler, because if you are given authority for it, then you will be held responsible for it, but if you are given it without asking for it, then you will be helped in it (by Allah): and whenever you take an oath to do something and later you find that something else is better than the first, then do the better one and make expiation for your oath."
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 6622 |
In-book reference | : Book 83, Hadith 2 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 8, Book 78, Hadith 619 |
(deprecated numbering scheme) |
Arabic reference | : Book 0, Hadith 626 |
Arabic reference | : Book 20, Hadith 2643 |
Arabic reference | : Book 0, Hadith 287 |
Arabic reference | : Book 0, Hadith 442 |
Arabic reference | : Book 18, Hadith 2532 |