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السيوطي:٢٦٤٠a

"إذَا مَرَرْتَ ببلدة ليس فيها سلطانٌ فلا تدْخُلها، إنما السُّلطانُ ظِلُّ الله (وَرُمْحُهُ) في الأرض" .  

[ق] البيهقى في السنن [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان وأبو الشيخ والديلمى عن أنس وضعف

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bayhaqi:16650Abū Muḥammad al-Sukkarī > Ismāʿīl al-Ṣaffār

[Machine] "From the Messenger of Allah ﷺ : A man once came to him and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, there is a town upon my journey that does not have a ruler, should I enter it?' The Prophet ﷺ replied, 'If you come across a town that has no ruler, do not enter it, for the ruler is the shade of Allah on earth, and his spear spreads the rule of Allah on earth.'"  

البيهقي:١٦٦٥٠أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ السُّكَّرِيُّ أَنْبَأَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ الصَّفَّارُ ثَنَا عَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ التَّرْقُفِيُّ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ صُبَيْحٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا مَرَرْتَ بِبَلْدَةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا سُلْطَانٌ فَلَا تَدْخُلْهَا إِنَّمَا السُّلْطَانُ ظِلُّ اللهِ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَرُمْحُهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ