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Musnad Ahmad 293 (Book 2, Hadith 201) #33976
The Importance of Good Leadership

SUMMARY: The hadith is about the importance of having good leaders and how they can affect the people.

Abul-Mukhariq Zuhair bin Salim narrated that 'Umair bin Sa'd al-Ansari was appointed by 'Umar as governor of Hims. and he mentioned the hadeeth 'Umar said to Ka'b: I am going to ask you about something, so do not hide it from me. Ka'b said: By Allah I will not hide anything I know'.Umar said: What do you fear most for the ummah of Muhammad ? He said: Misleading leaders'.Umar said: The Messenger of Allah told me about that in private and informed me of it.
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْقُدُّوسِ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ، حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْمُخَارِقِ، زُهَيْرُ بْنُ سَالِمٍ أَنَّ عُمَيْرَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ، كَانَ وَلَّاهُ عُمَرُ حِمْصَ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ عُمَرُ يَعْنِي لِكَعْبٍ إِنِّي أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْ أَمْرٍ فَلَا تَكْتُمْنِي قَالَ وَاللَّهِ لَا أَكْتُمُكَ شَيْئًا أَعْلَمُهُ قَالَ مَا أَخْوَفُ شَيْءٍ تَخَوَّفُهُ عَلَى أُمَّةِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ أَئِمَّةً مُضِلِّينَ قَالَ عُمَرُ صَدَقْتَ قَدْ أَسَرَّ ذَلِكَ إِلَيَّ وَأَعْلَمَنِيهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ‏.‏

TOPICS
leadership  *  leaders  *  ummah

QUICK LESSONS:
Have righteous and just leaders who will lead their people in a positive direction. Be mindful of your words and actions as you never know when someone might be watching or listening to you even if you think you are alone with someone else.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith highlights the importance of having good leaders for a community. It was narrated by Abul-Mukhariq Zuhair bin Salim that 'Umar asked Ka'b what he feared most for the ummah of Muhammad, to which Ka'b replied that it was misleading leaders. 'Umar then revealed that this was something that Muhammad had told him in private. This shows us how important it is to have righteous and just leaders who will lead their people in a positive direction, as bad leadership can have disastrous consequences on an entire community. It also teaches us to be mindful of our words and actions, as we never know when someone might be watching or listening to us, even if we think we are alone with someone else.

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