Explanation of his saying: “And make your eldest your leader.”

The Shaykh : And he followed this advice with his saying: “And make your eldest your leader.” What does “make your eldest your leader” mean? Perhaps, due to our distance from the Arabic language and its literature, we understand “make your eldest your leader” to mean “appoint” or “designate”; that is, “make your eldest your leader” means, but here “make your eldest your leader” is from *siyadah* (leadership) and *su'udd* (nobility). “Make your eldest your leader” means make him your chief over you. Do not make the young, insignificant, and despised person [your leader], because, for example, he has... a tongue, or he has some courage that he places in the wrong place, so you fear him and make him your chief. No, make your eldest your leader in age, forbearance, knowledge, and good conduct.