The meaning of the saying of al-Sadiq, Ja’far bin Muhammed, peace be upon them both: «The one who seeks rulership will perish»

Maʿānī al-ʾAkhbār · Volume 1 · Section 158 · 1 narrations

Hadith 289

O Sufyan, beware from rulership, for none have sought except that he has perished. Then I said to him: May I be sacrificed for you, then certainly, we are to perish, as there is none of us except that he likes to be…

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