Mishkat al-Masabih #3548
The Offices of Commander and Qadi
Abu Sa'id reported God’s Messenger as saying, “The one who will be dearest to God and nearest to Him in station of the day of resurrection will be a just imam, and the one who will be most hateful to God on the day of resurrection and will receive the severest punishment (or as a version has, will be farthest from Him in station) will be a tyrannical imam.”
Tirmidhi transmitted it, saying this is a hasan gharib tradition.
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This hadith is #3548 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of The Offices of Commander and Qadi. Mishkat al-Masabih contains 4,428 hadiths across 25 books.