 prince a chief a scribe a policeman or a tax collector. he said then the man went and was not able to catch him so he informed umar about him and he said perhaps it is alkhidr may allah bless him and grant him peace. it was narrated on the authority of malik bin dinar that he said i read in some books no oppressed person prays with a burning heart except that his prayer will not end until it ascends before allah and the punishment descends upon the one who oppressed him or was able to take something for him but did not take it for him. abu hurairah narrated that he may allah bless him and grant him peace said woe to the princes woe to the chiefs woe to the trustworthy for people will wish for him on the day of resurrection. that their locks were hanging from the pleiades dangling between the sky and the earth and that they did not deviate from any action. abu buraidah narrated on his authority may god bless him and grant him peace that he said no man will be appointed over a tribe or anything above them except that he will be brought on the day of resurrection with his hands chained to his neck. if he was a doer of good his shackles will be released and if he was a wrongdoer his shackles will be increased to his shackles.
أميرا أو عريفا أو كاتبا أو شرطيا أو جابيا قال ثم ذهب الرجل فلم يقدر عليه فأخبر عمر به فقال لعله الخضر صلى الله عليه وسلم وروى عن مالك بن دينار أنه قال قرأت في بعض الكتب ما من مظلوم دعا بقلب محترق إلا لم تنته دعوته حتى تصعد بين يدي الله فتنزل العقوبة على من ظلمه أو استطاع أن يأخذ له فلم يأخذ له وروى أبو هريرة أنه صلى الله عليه وسلم قال ويل للأمراء ويل للعرفاء ويل للأمناء ليتمنين قوم يوم القيامة أن ذوائبهم كانت معلقة بالثريا يتدلون بين السماء والأرض وأنهم لم يلوا عملا وروى أبو بريدة عنه صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال لا يؤمر رجل على عشيرة فما فوقهم إلا جئ به يوم القيامة مغلولة يده إلى عنقه فإن كان محسنا فك عنه غله وإن كان مسيئا زيد غلا إلى غله