Hadith 659

Riyad as-Salihin

Book 0: The Book of Miscellany

Chapter 79

The Just Ruler

باب الوالى العادل

Riyad as-Salihin 659
وعن عبد الله بن عمرو بن العاص رضي الله عنهما قال‏:‏ قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم‏:‏ ‏ ‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه مسلم ‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏
"‏إن المقسطين عند الله على منابر من نور‏:‏ الذين يعدلون في حمكهم وأهليهم وما ولوا‏"
'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'as (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The just will be seated upon pulpits of light." Those who are fair with regards to their judgement and their family and those who are under them."[Muslim].