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ahmad:21563 – Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Saʿīd b. Abū Ayyūb > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Jaʿfar > Sālim b. Abū Sālim al-Jayshānī from his father > Abū Dhar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O Abu Dharr, do not take charge of the property of an orphan, nor command over two people."  

أحمد:٢١٥٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي سَالِمٍ الْجَيْشَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ لَا تَوَلَّيَنَّ مَالَ يَتِيمٍ وَلَا تَأَمَّرَنَّ عَلَى اثْنَيْنِ  

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hakim:7017 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Khuzāʿī Bimakkah Ḥarasahā Allāh Taʿālá > Abū Yaḥyá b. Abū Masarrah > ʿAbdullāh b. Yazīd al-Muqriʾ > Saʿīd b. Abū Ayyūb > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Jaʿfar > Sālim b. Abū Sālim al-Ḥabashānī from his father > Abū Dhar

"The Messenger of Allah said to me: 'O Abu Dharr, I think that you are weak, and I like for you what I like for myself. Do not accept a position of Amir over two people, and do not agree to be the guardian of an orphan's property.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3667)   

الحاكم:٧٠١٧ – أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْخُزَاعِيُّ بِمَكَّةَ حَرَسَهَا اللَّهُ تَعَالَى ثَنَا أَبُو يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي مَسَرَّةَ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ الْمُقْرِئُ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي سَالِمٍ الْحَبَشَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ إِنِّي أَرَاكَ ضَعِيفًا فَلَا تُأَمَّرَنَّ عَلَى اثْنَيْنِ وَلَا تُوَلَّيَنَّ مَالَ يَتِيمٍ»  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ على شرط البخاري ومسلم
ibnhibban:5564 – Abū Yaʿlá > Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm al-Dawraqī > Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Muqriʾ > Saʿīd b. Abū Ayyūb > ʿUbaydullāh b. Abū Jaʿfar > Sālim b. Abū Sālim al-Jayshānī from his father > Abū Dhar

Abu Dharr, I find that thou art weak and I like for thee what I like for myself. Do not rule over (even) two persons and do not manage the property of an orphan. (Using translation from Muslim 1826)   

ابن حبّان:٥٥٦٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمُقْرِئُ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ سَالِمِ بْنِ أَبِي سَالِمٍ الْجَيْشَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ إِنِّي أَرَاكَ ضَعِيفًا وَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ لَكَ مَا أُحِبُّ لِنَفْسِي لَا تَتَوَلَّيَنَّ مَالَ يَتِيمٍ وَلَا تَتَأَمَّرَنَّ عَلَى اثْنَيْنِ»