—even if those in authority act selfishly toward you, deny you justice, and withhold your due. As related in the two Ṣaḥīḥs, Usayd ibn Ḥuḍayr—may Allah be pleased with him—said that a man from the Anṣār spoke privately with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and asked, “Will you not appoint me to office as you appointed so-and-so?” The Prophet replied, “You will face favoritism after me, so be patient until you meet me at the Pond.” 1

The same idea appears in the two Ṣaḥīḥs from ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd—may Allah be pleased with him—who reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “After I am gone there will be favoritism and matters you will find objectionable.” They asked, “O Messenger of Allah, what do you command those of us who live to see that?” He said, “Discharge the duty that is upon you and ask Allah for the right that is yours.” 2

Muslim likewise narrates from Wāʾil ibn Ḥujr—may Allah be pleased with him—that Salamah ibn Yazīd al-Juʿfī asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, “O Messenger of Allah, if rulers are placed over us who demand their rights from us yet withhold our rights from us, what do you command us to do?” The Prophet turned away, so he repeated his question,