Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: “Command righteousness and prohibit evil otherwise Allah will appoint a tyrant ruler over you who will inflict a painful punishment. Your pious men will supplicate [to Allah for aid], but they will not be answered. Command righteousness and prohibit evil otherwise Allah will appoint such a ruler who will not respect your seniors nor show mercy to your little ones.
Is this Hadith authentic, and what is the source?
Answer:
Imam Abu Bakr ibn Abid Dunya (rahimahullah) has recorded this Hadith on the authority of Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhuma).
(Al Amr Bil Ma’ruf, Hadith: 8)
The narration is suitable to quote as it is supported by several corroborating narrations.
(See: Al Amr Bil Ma’ruf, Hadith: 12, Majma’uz Zawaid, vol. 7 pg. 266 and Al Matalibul ‘Aaliyah, Hadith: 3294)
Also see here.
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar
Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar