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THE DISLIKED RULER

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“Your best rulers will be those whom you love and who love you, and for whom you pray, and who pray for you. The worst rulers will be those whom you hate and who hate you, and whom you curse and who curse you. We asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, should we disassociate ourselves from these?’ He replied, ‘Not as long as they maintain the prayers; not as long as they maintain the prayers!’”

Muslim with a chain up to Auf, the son of Malik who related that he heard the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, say this.