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tabarani:15291 – al-Miqdām b. Dāwud > Asad b. Mūsá > Ḥammād b. Salamah > al-Azraq b. Qays > ʿAwf b. Mālik > Atá > Kaʿb / Yaquṣ

[Machine] I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "None should narrate (a story) except an Emir (ruler) or an appointed person or a person entrusted with a task." So, Muawiyah refrained from narrating until he was appointed for it.  

الطبراني:١٥٢٩١ – حَدَّثَنَا الْمِقْدَامُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ ثنا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنِ الْأَزْرَقِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ أَنَّهُ أَتَى عَلَى كَعْبٍ وَهُوَ يَقُصُّ فَقَالَ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا يَقُصُّ إِلَّا أَمِيرٌ أَوْ مَأْمُورٌ أَوْ مُتَكَلِّفٌ» فَأَمْسَكَ عَنِ الْقَصَصِ حَتَّى أَمَرَهُ بِهِ مُعَاوِيَةُ  

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abudawud:3665 – Maḥmūd b. Khālid > Abū Mushir > ʿAbbād b. ʿAbbād al-Khawwāṣ > Yaḥyá b. Abū ʿAmr al-Saybānī > ʿAmr b. ʿAbdullāh al-Saybānī > ʿAwf b. Mālik al-Ashjaʿī

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Only a ruler, or one put in charge, or one who is presumptuous, gives instructions.  

أبو داود:٣٦٦٥ – حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُسْهِرٍ حَدَّثَنِي عَبَّادُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْخَوَّاصُ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو السَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السَّيْبَانِيِّ عَنْ عَوْفِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الأَشْجَعِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لاَ يَقُصُّ إِلاَّ أَمِيرٌ أَوْ مَأْمُورٌ أَوْ مُخْتَالٌ