1. We were told by my father, may Allah be pleased with him, that he said: We were told by Sa’d bin Abdullah, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Hussain, that he said: I was told by Abu Hafs, Muhammed bin Khalid, from his brother, Sufyan bin Khalid, that he said: Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him, said
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 mentioned, sought and taken from. Then he said: It is not as you think towards. That is only that you assign a man (as a leader), besides the Proof, by which you believe him in everything he says and you call people to what he says.