Hadith on Tribute and Rulership

Narrated Abdullah bin Umar: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying: Each of you is a shepherd and each of you is responsible for his flock. The amir (ruler) who is over the people is a shepherd and is responsible for hs flock ; a..

Narrated Abdur-Rahman bin Samurah: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said to me: Abdul al-Rahman bin Samurah, do not ask for the position of commander, for if you are given it after asking you will be left to discharge it yourself, but..

Narrated Abu Musa: I went along with two men to see the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم. One of them recited tashahhud and said: We have come to you so that you may employ us for your work. The other also said the same thing. He (the Prophet)..

Narrated Anas: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم appointed Ubn Umm Makthum as a governor of Madina (in his absence) twice. ..

Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم said: When Allah has a good purpose for a ruler, He appoints for him a sincere minister who reminds him if he forgets and helps him if he remembers; but when Allah has a..

Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Madikarib: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم struck him on his shoulders and then said: You will attain success, Qudaym, if you die without having been a ruler, a secretary, or a chief. ..

Narrated Ghalib al-Qattan: Ghalib quoted a man who stated on the authority of his father that his grandfather reported: They lived at one of the springs. When Islam reached them, the master of the spring offered his people one hundred camels if..

Narrated Ibn Abbas: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم has a secretary named Sijill. ..

Narrated Rafi ibn Khadij: I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم say: The official who collects sadaqah (zakat) in a just manner is like him who fights in Allah's path till he returns home. ..

Narrated Uqbah ibn Amir: I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying: One who wrongfully takes an extra tax (sahib maks) will not enter Paradise. ..

Narrated Ibn Ishaq: Sahib maks means one who (receives) tithes (from) people. ..

Narrated Ibn Umar: Umar said: I shall not appoint a successor, for the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم did not appoint a successor. If I appoint a successor (I can do so), for Abu Bakr had appointed a successor. He Ibn Umar) said: I swear..

Narrated Ibn Umar: We used to take the oath of allegiance to the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم to hear and obey, and he would tell: In What I am able. ..

Narrated Aishah: The Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم never touched the hand of woman, but he received the oath of allegiance from her. When he received the oath of allegiance from her, she gave it to him, and he said: Go, I have received..

Narrated Abd Alla bin Hisham,: who was a Companion, reported that his mother Zainab daughter of Humain went to the Messenger of Allah صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم and said: Messenger of Allah, receive the oath of allegiance from him. The Messenger of..

Narrated Buraidah: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم as saying: When we appoint someone to an administrative post and provide him with an allowance, anything he takes beyond that is unfaithful dealing. ..

Narrated Ibn al-Saeedi: Umar reported me to collect the sadaqah (i. e. zakat). When I became free, he ordered to give me payment for it. I said: I have worked for the sake of Allah. He said: Take what you have been given, for I held an..

Narrated Al-Mustawrid ibn Shaddad: Al-Mustawrid heard the Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم say: He who acts as an employee for us must get a wife; if he has not a servant, he must get one, and if he has not a dwelling, he must get one. He said that..

Narrated Abu Humaid al-Saeedi: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم appointed a man of Azd called Ibn al-Lutbiyayah (to collect sadaqah). The narrator Ibn al-Sarh said: (He appointed) Ibn al-Utbiyyah to collect the sadaqah. When he returned he said:..

Narrated Abu Masud al-Ansari: The Prophet صلی ‌اللہ ‌علیہ ‌وسلم appointed me to collect sadaqah and then said: Go, Abu Masud, I should not find you on the Day of Judgment carrying a camel of sadaqah on your back, which rumbles, the one you have..