Best Judgments....

251 Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's
Apostle said, "Whoever obeys
me, obeys Allah, and whoever
disobeys me, disobeys Allah, and
whoever obeys the ruler I
appoint, obeys me, and whoever
disobeys him, disobeys me."
252 Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle said, "Surely!
Everyone of you is a guardian
and is responsible for his
charges: The Imam (ruler) of the
people is a guardian and is
responsible for his subjects; a
man is the guardian of his
family (household) and is
responsible for his subjects; a
woman is the guardian of her
husband's home and of his
children and is responsible for
them; and the slave of a man is
a guardian of his master's
property and is responsible for
it. Surely, everyone of you is a
guardian and responsible for his
charges."
253 Narrated Muhammad bin Jubair
bin Mut'im: That while he was
included in a delegation of
Quraish staying with Muawiya,
Muawiya heard that 'Abdullah
bin 'Amr had said that there
would be a king from Qahtan
tribe, whereupon he became
very angry. He stood up, and
after glorifying and praising
Allah as He deserved, said, "To
proceed, I have come to know
that some of you men are
narrating things which are
neither in Allah's Book, nor has
been mentioned by Allah's
Apostle . Such people are the
ignorant among you. Beware of
such vain desires that mislead
those who have them. I have
heard Allah's Apostle saying,
'This matter (of the caliphate)
will remain with the Quraish,
and none will rebel against
them, but Allah will throw him
down on his face as long as
they stick to the rules and
regulations of the religion
(Islam).'"
254 Narrated Ibn 'Umar: Allah's
Apostle said, "This matter
(caliphate) will remain with the
Quraish even if only two of
them were still existing."
255 Narrated 'Abdullah: Allah's
Apostle said, "Do not wish to be
like anyone, except in two cases:
(1) A man whom Allah has given
wealth and he spends it
righteously. (2) A man whom
Allah has given wisdom
(knowledge of the Quran and
the Hadith) and he acts
according to it and teaches it to
others."
256 Narrated Anas bin Malik: Allah's
Apostle said, "You should listen
to and obey, your ruler even if
he was an Ethiopian (black)
slave whose head looks like a
raisin."
257 Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: The
Prophet said, "If somebody sees
his Muslim ruler doing
something he disapproves of, he
should be patient, for whoever
becomes separate from the
Muslim group even for a span
and then dies, he will die as
those who died in the Pre-
lslamic period of ignorance (as
rebellious sinners). (See Hadith
No. 176 and 177)
258 Narrated 'Abdullah: The Prophet
said, "A Muslim has to listen to
and obey (the order of his ruler)
whether he likes it or not, as
long as his orders involve not
one in disobedience (to Allah),
but if an act of disobedience (to
Allah) is imposed one should not
listen to it or obey it. (See Hadith
No. 203, Vol. 4)
259 Narrated 'Ali: The Prophet sent
an army unit (for some
campaign) and appointed a man
from the Ansar as its
commander and ordered them
(the soldiers) to obey him.
(During the campaign) he
became angry with them and
said, "Didn't the Prophet order
you to obey me?" They said,
"Yes." He said, "I order you to
collect wood and make a fire
and then throw yourselves into
it." So they collected wood and
made a fire, but when they
were about to throw
themselves into, it they started
looking at each other, and some
of them said, "We followed the
Prophet to escape from the fire.
How should we enter it now?"
So while they were in that state,
the fire extinguished and their
commander's anger abated. The
event was mentioned to the
Prophet and he said, "If they
had entered it (the fire) they
would never have come out of
it, for obedience is required only
in what is good." (See Hadith No.
629. Vol. 5)
260 Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman bin
Samura: The Prophet said, "O
'Abdur-Rahman! Do not seek to
be a ruler, for if you are given
authority on your demand then
you will be held responsible for
it, but if you are given it
without asking (for it), then you
will be helped (by Allah) in it. If
you ever take an oath to do
something and later on you find
that something else is better,
then you should expiate your
oath and do what is better."