279 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: ʿAbd Allah b. Muʿāwiyah al-Jumahī narrated to us, ⦗183⦘ who said: Ṣāliḥ al-Murrī narrated to us, from Saʿīd al-Jurayrī, from Abū ʿUthmān al-Nahdī, from Abū Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When your governors are the best among you, your wealthy are the most generous among you, and your affairs are decided through mutual consultation, then the surface of the earth is better for you than its interior. But when your governors are the worst among you, your wealthy are stingy among you, and your affairs are handed over to your womenfolk, then the interior of the earth is better for you than its surface.”