2773 – Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Sahl narrated to us. He said: Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan narrated to us. He said: Bishr ibn Mūsā narrated to us. He said: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Azraqī narrated to us. He said: ʿAmr ibn Yaḥyā narrated to us, from his grandfather, who said:

There was a small water-skin that Abū Hurayrah used to carry so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ could perform ablution from it. Muʿāwiyah obtained a similar water-skin and would follow the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with it. The Prophet looked at him and said, “If you are ever entrusted with authority, fear Allah and act justly.”

2774 – Muʿāwiyah said, “I knew I would not leave this world until I was tried, because of the Messenger of Allah’s ﷺ statement: ‘If you are ever entrusted with authority, fear Allah and act justly.’”