Hadith 13634

Chapter 13

باب 13

(13) باب فِيمَا يَلْزَمُ الإِمَامَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الرَّعِيَّةِ وَالْحَجَبَةِ عَنْهُ

(1101) Chapter: Regarding Matters Of Those Who Are Under Imam, His Duties, And Him Secluding Himself From Them (JA)
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حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ، قَالَ هَذَا مَا حَدَّثَنَا بِهِ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " مَا أُوتِيكُمْ مِنْ شَىْءٍ وَمَا أَمْنَعُكُمُوهُ إِنْ أَنَا إِلاَّ خَازِنٌ أَضَعُ حَيْثُ أُمِرْتُ " .

Narrated AbuHurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: It is not on my own that I give you or withhold from you: I am just a treasure, putting it where I have been commanded. (JA)

Reference (JA): Sunan Abi Dawud 2949 (JA)

In-book reference (JA): Book 20, Hadith 22 (JA)

English translation (JA): Book 19, Hadith 2943 (JA)