Chapter on the Prohibition of Seeking Authority and the Preference of Abandoning Positions of Authority if It Is Not Obligatory Upon Him or If There Is No Need for It: Allah the Exalted said

The reciter: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may the prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions:
He said -may Allah have mercy on him-: "Chapter on the Prohibition of Seeking Authority, and the Preference of Abandoning Positions of Authority if It Is Not Obligatory Upon Him or If There Is No Need:
Allah the Exalted said:

That home of the Hereafter We assign to those who do not desire exaltedness upon the earth or corruption. And the [best] outcome is for the righteous.

تلك الدار الآخرة نجعلها للذين لا يريدون علوًا في الأرض ولا فسادًا والعاقبة للمتقين

[Al-Qasas 28:83]

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And as for the hadiths: From 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me:

(O `Abdur-Rahman!) Do not seek to be a ruler, for, if you are given the authority of ruling without your asking for it, then Allah will help you; but if you are given it by your asking, then you will be held responsible for it (i.e. Allah will not help you ) . And if you take an oath to do something and later on find another thing, better than that, then do what is better and make expiation for (the dissolution of) your oath.

يا عبد الرحمن بنَ سمرة: لا تسأل الإمارة، فإنك إن أُعطيتها عن غير مسألة أُعنت عليها، وإن أُعطيتها عن مسألة وُكلت إليها، وإذا حلفت على يمين فرأيت غيرها خيرا منها فأت الذي هو خير، وكفر عن يمينك

Sahih al-Bukhari 6722

Agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim " .

The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful:
The author said -may Allah have mercy on him- in the book *Riyad al-Salihin*: "Chapter on the Prohibition of Seeking Authority and Abandoning Positions of Authority Except Out of Need or Benefit":
Authority: Its meaning is taking command over people and gaining control over them, and it is of two types, major and minor. As for the major: it is the general authority over all Muslims, such as the authority of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), who was the Caliph of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and the authority of the Commander of the Faithful 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, and 'Uthman ibn 'Affan, and 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, and others of the Caliphs. This is general authority and general power.
And a specific authority below that, which is authority over a region comprising villages and cities, or an even more specific authority over a single village or a single city. In all of these, a person is prohibited from seeking to be an amir, as will come in the hadith of 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him). Then the author -may Allah have mercy on him- introduced this chapter with the words of Allah the Exalted: .
: means Paradise. : And seeking authority may be that the seeker intends to rise above people, own their necks, and command and prohibit, so his intention is bad, and he will have no share in the Hereafter, refuge with Allah. For this reason, seeking authority is prohibited: : corruption on earth by cutting off roads, stealing people's wealth, encroaching on their honor, and other forms of corruption. : The outcome of the matter is for the righteous. Either this outcome appears in this world, or it is in the Hereafter. The righteous are those who have the outcome, whether in this world or in the Hereafter, or in both this world and the Hereafter.