During the days (of the battle) of Al-Jamal, Allah benefited me with a word I had heard from Allah's Apostle after I had been about to join the Companions of Al-Jamal (i.e. the camel) and fight along with them. When Messenger of Allah ﷺ was informed that the Persians had crowned the daughter of Khosrau as their ruler, he said, "Such people as ruled by a lady will never be successful." (Using translation from Bukhārī 4425)   

قَدْ نَفَعَنِي اللهُ بِكَلِمَةٍ سَمِعْتُهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَعْدَ مَا كِدْتُ أَنْ أَلْحَقَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْجَمَلِ فَأُقَاتِلَهُ مَعَهُمْ بَلَغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّ أَهْلَ فَارِسَ مَلَّكُوا عَلَيْهِمُ ابْنَةَ كِسْرَى فَقَالَ لَنْ يُفْلِحَ قَوْمٌ وَلَّوْا أَمْرَهُمُ امْرَأَةً  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "The best rows of men are the first and the worst are the last, and the best rows of women are the last and the worst are the first." Then Abu Abdullah Al-Hafiz informed us that Makhlad ibn Ja'far Ad-Daqqaq narrated to us, who narrated from Ja'far ibn Muhammad Al-Firyabi, who narrated from Ali ibn Al-Madinii, who narrated from Jarir ibn Abd Al-Hamid, who mentioned it with a similar wording.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرُ صُفُوفِ الرِّجَالِ أَوَّلُهَا وَشَرُّهَا آخِرُهَا وَخَيْرُ صُفُوفِ النِّسَاءِ آخِرُهَا وَشَرُّهَا أَوَّلُهَا 5130 وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ مَخْلَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الدَّقَّاقُ ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ ثنا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ ثنا جَرِيرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ فَذَكَرَهُ بِمِثْلِهِ