of Resurrection.” So Muʿāwiyah appointed an official to look after the people’s needs. Abū Dāwūd and al-Tirmidhī narrated it.

79 – Chapter: The Just Governor

Allah the Exalted says: “Indeed, Allah commands justice and good conduct…” (al-Naḥl 16:90), and He says: “…and act justly; indeed, Allah loves those who act justly.” (al-Ḥujurāt 49:9).

664 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said:

“Seven persons will be shaded by Allah in His shade on the Day when there is no shade but His: (1) a just ruler; (2) a youth who grows up in worship of Allah Most High; (3) a man whose heart is attached to the mosques; (4) two men who love one another for Allah’s sake—they meet for that and part upon that; (5) a man whom a woman of rank and beauty invites, and he says, ‘I fear Allah’; (6) a man who gives charity so secretly that his left hand does not know what his right hand spends; and (7) a man who remembers Allah in private and his eyes overflow with tears.” Agreed upon.

665 – ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stated, “Those who act justly will, in the sight of Allah, be upon pulpits of light: those who are fair in their judgments, toward their families, and in whatever responsibility they oversee.” Muslim related it.

666 – ʿAwf ibn Mālik (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say:

“The best of your leaders are those whom you love and who love you, for whom you pray and who pray for you; and the worst of your leaders are those whom you hate and who hate you, whom you curse and who curse you.” We asked, “O Messenger of Allah, should we not oppose them?” He replied, “No, so long as they establish the prayer among you—no, so long as they establish the prayer among you.” Muslim related it.

His words “you pray for them” mean: you supplicate for them.

667 – ʿIyāḍ ibn Ḥimār (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: