The Book of the Etiquette of Judges
كتاب آداب القضاة
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If People Appoint a Man as Judge, and He Passes Judgment Among Them
Hadith
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ENGLISH
It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that :
The Prophet (ﷺ) [ﷺ] said: "You will be keen for governorship but it will be regret and loss on the Day of Resurrection. What a good position it is when they are alive, but how miserable their state when they die (and leave it behind)."
ARABIC
إِنَّكُمْ سَتَحْرِصُونَ عَلَى الإِمَارَةِ وَإِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ نَدَامَةً وَحَسْرَةً يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَنِعْمَتِ الْمُرْضِعَةُ وَبِئْسَتِ الْفَاطِمَةُ