he said the easts and wests of the earth will be opened to you and all of its workers will be in hellfire except for those who fear allah the most high and fulfill the trust. it was narrated on the authority of alhasan that he said ubaidullah bin alhasan visited maqil during the illness in which he died and maqil said to him i will tell you a hadith that i heard from the messenger of allah may allah bless him and grant him peace in which he said there is no servant from whom allah the most high conceals the faults of his subjects and he dies on the day he dies having deceived his subjects except that allah the most high forbids him paradise. ziyad bin abihi narrated on the authority of the messenger of allah may allah bless him and grant him peace that he said whoever appoints someone to rule over he commanded the muslims to do something and did not surround them with advice as he would surround his family so let him take his seat in hell. it was narrated from sufyan althawri that he rebuked one of his brothers who intended to take on some of the affairs of the state so he said o abu abdullah i have dependents. so he said to him it is better for you to put a saddlebag around your neck and ask at the doors than to interfere in any of the affairs of the people. maqal ibn yasar narrated from him may god bless him and grant him peace that he said two men from my nation will not attain my intercession an unjust ruler. abu saeed alkhudri narrated that the prophet may god bless him and grant him peace said the most severely punished person on the day of resurrection will be an unjust ruler. he narrated from the prophet may god bless him and grant him peace that he said there are five upon whom god almighty is angry. if he wills he will carry out his anger upon them in this world otherwise their abode in the hereafter will be the fire the leader of a people who takes his right from his subjects but does not treat them fairly and does not protect them from injustice the leader of a people who obey him but does not treat the weak and the strong equally and speaks… by desire and a man who does not command his family and children to obey allah and does not teach them the matters of their religion and does not care what they take from their worldly life and what they leave and a man who hires a worker and uses him but does not pay him his wages and a man who wrongs a woman in her dowry. it has been narrated that umar ibn alkhattab went out in a funeral procession to pray over it and when it was placed a man had preceded him to the prayer. then when the man was placed in his grave the man came forward and placed his hand on the dirt and said o allah if you punish him perhaps he disobeyed you and if you have mercy on him then he is in need of your mercy. blessed are you if you are not
أنه قال يفتح عليكم مشارق الارض ومغاربها وعمالها كلهم في النار إلا من اتقى الله تعالى وأدى الامانة وقد روى عن الحسن أنه قال عاد عبيد الله بن الحسن معقلا في مرضه الذي قبض فيه فقال له معقل إني محدثك بحديث سمعته من رسول الله صلى الله عليه يقول ما من عبد يستر عنه الله تعالى رعيته يموت يوم يموت غاشا لرعيته إلا حرم الله تعالى عليه الجنة وروى زياد بن أبيه عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال من ولى من أمر المسلمين شيئا ولم يحطهم بالنصيحة كما يحوط على أهل بيته فليتبوأ مقعده من النار وقد حكى عن سفيان الثوري أنه عاتب رجلا من إخوانه قد كان هم أن يتلبس بشيء من أمر الولاية فقال يا أبا عبد الله إن على عيالا فقال له لأن تجعل في عنقك مخلاة تسأل على الأبواب خير لك من أن تدخل في شيء من أمور الناس وقد روى معقل بن يسار عنه صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال رجلان من أمتي لا تنالهما شفاعتي إمام ظلوم غشوم وغال في الدين مارق منه وروى أبو سعيد الخدري أنه صلى الله عليه وسلم قال أشد الناس عذابا يوم القيامة إمام جائر وروى عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال خمسة غضب الله تعالى عليهم إن شاء أمضى غضبه عليهم في الدنيا وإلا فمأواهم في الآخرة النار أمير قوم يأخذ حقه من رعيته ولا ينصفهم من نفسه ولا يدفع المظالم عنهم وزعيم قوم يطيعونه فلا يسوي بين الضعيف والقوي ويتكلم بالهوى ورجل لا يأمر أهله وولده بطاعة الله ولا يعلمهم أمور دينهم ولا يبالي ما أخذوا من دنياهم وما تركوا ورجل استأجر أجيرا فيستعمله ولا يوفيه أجره ورجل ظلم امرأة مهرها وقد روى أن عمر بن الخطاب خرج في جنازة ليصلي عليها فلما وضعت فإذا برجل قد سبق إلى الصلاة ثم لما وضع الرجل في قبره تقدم الرجل فوضع يده على التراب وقال اللهم إن تعذبه فربما عصاك وإن ترحمه فإنه فقير إلى رحمتك طوبى لك إن لم تكن