Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Make me in charge of the storehouses of the land” and the purification of the self

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: When Yusuf (peace be upon him) said, , is this a purification of the self?

Answer:
No, this is when he saw that the work would be lost, so he has the right to request the responsibility. A person does not request authority, whether governance or otherwise, because if he requests it, he is entrusted with it, and if he does not request it, Allah the Exalted helps him, as in the hadith. When Yusuf (peace be upon him) saw that the public treasury would be lost, and there was no one to carry out this work, and there was no competence among those present, he stepped forward to request the judgeship if there was no one sufficient, or he stepped forward to request the leadership in prayer, saying, “Make me the leader of my people.” He steps forward if the work is about to be lost and he has the competence; in that case, it is obligatory for him to step forward and request this work so that it is not lost. Yes.