Is it permissible to request authority or to hint at requesting it?

The questioner : Regarding authority, there is scholarly disagreement; it is permissible for a person to hint, meaning that he does not ask for it directly.

The Shaykh : By Allah, look, if you are the authority over your household, then hint.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : In travel, meaning this is based on the question of authority. So if a person sees competence in himself and fears that someone with no good in them will take on the authority, should he hint?
Or is it said that he fears being among those who, if they ask for it, it is entrusted to them, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said to 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Samurah . This issue requires looking at the specific case. Sometimes you know that the people will lean toward a man who has no good in him, who leads the people to sins and evil. In that case, it may become obligatory for you to request that you be the authority, but you do not state it explicitly by saying, "I will be the authority." You suggest to some of the group that they request you to be the authority. Yes? I told you, in the specific case, this is better than someone with no good in him taking it on. I know he has no good in him.