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Chapter: The command to be patient in the face of oppressive rulers and their selfishness

Hadith 1845 Part A

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It has been narrated on the authority of Usaid b. Hudair that a man from the Ansar took the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) aside and said to him

Will you not appoint me governor as you have appointed so and so? He (the Messenger of Allah) said: You will surely come across preferential treatment after me, so you should be patient until you meet me at the Cistern (Haud-i-Kauthar).

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Hadith 1845 Part B

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This tradition has been narrated on the same authority through a different chain of transmitters. Another version of the tradition narrated on the authority of Shu'ba does not include the words

" He took the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) aside."

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