ʿAmr bn Āl-ʿĀṣ (may Allah be pleased with him) said to his son | IlmTest

ʿAmr bn Āl-ʿĀṣ (may Allah be pleased with him) said to his son: “O my son, take this advice from me:
وَقَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ لِابْنِهِ يَا بُنَيّ احْفَظْ عَنِّي مَا أُوصِيكَ بِهِ:

A just ruler is better than rain (from the sky),
إمَامٌ عَدْلٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ مَطَرٍ

A fierce lion is better than an unjust ruler,
وَبْلٍ وَأَسَدٌ حَطُومٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ إمَامٍ ظَلُومٍ،

But an unjust and tyrant ruler is better than a pervading fitnah (ie: tribulation).”
وَإِمَامٌ ظَلُومٌ غَشُومٌ خَيْرٌ مِنْ فِتْنَةٍ تَدُومُ.

Ibn Mufliḥ, Al-Ādāb al-Sharʿiyyah wa ʾl-Minah al-Marʿiyyah 1/176
ابن مفلح، الآداب الشرعية والمنح المرعية ١/١٧٦
https://shamela.ws/index.php/book/21582

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