Mishkat al-Masabih #225

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‘Auf b. Malik al-Ashja‘i reported God’s messenger as saying, "Only a ruler, or one put in charge, or one who is presumptuous gives instruction."* Abu Dawud transmitted it, and Darimi transmitted it from ' Amr b. Shu'aib from his father from his grandfather. A version has, "Or a hypocrite” instead of "one who is presumptuous”. *The word used here is yaqussu, which may be translated as given above, but which may also be translated as “inflicts punishment.”

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This hadith is #225 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Knowledge. Mishkat al-Masabih contains 4,428 hadiths across 25 books.

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