Khilafat-e-Rashidah — Page 126
126 KHILAFAT-E-R A SHIDAH 25 “Your best rulers are those whom you love and they love you. You send Dur u d on them and pray for their progress and they, in return, do the same. The worst rulers are those with whom you have malice and they are malicious with you. You curse them and they curse you. ” The narrator mentioned that the Companions asked: “O Prophet of Allah! When such rulers are thrust upon us then why should we not dethrone them by challenging them”? The Holy Prophet sa said, “No, not at all until they put any restriction upon S al a t and Fast, and forbid you from worshipping Allah, the Almighty, you should not stop obeying them. Listen! when somebody rules on you and you see that he is disobeying Allah, the Almighty in some matters 25 Muslim, Kit a b-ul-Im a rat, B a bo Khiy a ril-A’immati wa Shir a rihim , by Abul Husain Muslim bin Hajj a j bin Muslim Al-Qushairy An-N i s a b u ry, publisher, D a rul Jail, Beirut and D a rul A f a q Al-Jad i dah, Beirut.