Explanation of the words of Imam al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding what he quoted: "

The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said, regarding what he quoted from 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
The address is to the entire Muslim community, in which the Messenger (may the prayer and peace of Allah be upon him) clarifies that every person is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock.
The shepherd is the one who takes charge of a matter, tending to its benefits by preparing them for it, and tending to its harms by keeping them away from it, like a shepherd of sheep. The shepherd of sheep looks and searches for a suitable place to gather the sheep to, and looks at a barren place so that he does not graze them in that place.
So it is with the children of Adam: every one is a shepherd, and every one is responsible for his flock. The ruler is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock, and rulers differ in their authority and in their areas of operation. This ruler may be a ruler over a small village, so his responsibility is small, or he may be a ruler over a large city, so his responsibility is large, or he may be responsible for a nation, like a ruler who has no ruler above him in his region, like a king here, or the heads of state in other countries, or the rulers of the believers in the time of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, 'Uthman ibn 'Affan, and 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, or the caliphs in the time of the Umayyads and the Abbasids and others.
The important point is that the flocks of the shepherds vary, or their shepherding varies, between a large, extensive responsibility and a small responsibility. Therefore, he said: meaning he is responsible for his flock. The man is a shepherd, but his flock is limited; he is a shepherd over his household, over his wife, over his son, over his daughter, over his sister, over his paternal aunt, over his maternal aunt, over everyone in his house. He is a shepherd over his household and is responsible for his flock; it is obligatory for him to shepherd them with the best care, because he is responsible for them.
Likewise, the woman is a shepherdess in the household of her husband and her children, and she is responsible for her flock. It is obligatory for her to be prudent in the house, in the cooking, in the coffee, in the tea, in the bedding. She should not cook more than necessary, nor make more tea than is needed, and likewise for the coffee.
It is obligatory for her to be a thrifty woman, for thrift is half of livelihood, not being excessive in what is required.
She is also responsible for her children in correcting them and improving their conditions and affairs, such as dressing them in clothes, removing their dirty clothes, making their beds for them, and covering them in the winter, and so on. She is responsible for all of this, responsible for the cooking and doing it well and cooking it thoroughly, and so on, she is responsible for everything in the house.
Likewise, the slave is a responsible shepherd over the wealth of his master, and is responsible for his flock. It is obligatory for him to preserve the wealth of his master, and to deal with it in the best way, and not to be negligent with it, and not to transgress the limits, and so on. So every one of you is a shepherd, and every one of you is responsible for his flock.