Hadith #270 (Sahih Muslim) Book: The Book of Faith Narrator(s): al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري Grade: Sahih ‘Ubaidullah b. Ziyad paid a visit to Ma’qil b. Yasar Muzani in his illness of which he (later on) died. (At this juncture) Ma’qil said: I am going to narrate to you a hadith which I have heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and which I would not have transmitted if I knew that I would survive. Verily I have heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: There is none amongst the bondsmen who was entrusted with the affairs of his subjects and he died in such a state that he was dishonest in his dealings with those over whom he ruled except that Paradise is forbidden for him. Source: https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-270/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Hadith #271 (Sahih Muslim) Book: The Book of Faith Narrator(s): al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري Grade: Sahih Ubaidullah b. Ziyad went to see Ma’qil b. Yasir and he was ailing. He (‘Ubaidullah) inquired (about his health) to which he (Ma’qil) replied: I am narrating to you a hadith which I avoided narrating to you (before). Verily the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed: Allah does not entrust to his bondsman the responsibility of managing the affairs of his subjects and he dies as a dishonest (ruler) but Paradise is forbidden by Allah for such a (ruler). He (Ibn Ziyad) said: Why did you not narrate it to me before this day? He replied: I (in fact) did not narrate it to you as it was not (fit) for me to narrate that to you. Source: https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-271/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Hadith #272 (Sahih Muslim) Book: The Book of Faith Narrator(s): al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري Grade: Sahih We were with Ma’qil b. Yasar inquiring about his health that Ubaidullah b. Ziyad came there. Ma’qil said to him: Verily I am going to narrate to you a hadith which I heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). Then he narrated the hadith like those two (mentioned above). Source: https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-272/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Hadith #4597 (Sahih Muslim) Book: The Book on Government Narrator(s): al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري Grade: Sahih Ubaidullah b Ziyad visited Ma’qil b. Yasir al-Muzani in his last iliness. Ma’qil said (to him): I am narrating to you a tradition I heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). If I knew that I am to survive this illness. I would, not narrate it to you. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: If God appointed anyone ruler over a people and he died while he was still treacherous to his people, God would forbid his entry into Paradise. Source: https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-4597/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Hadith #4601 (Sahih Muslim) Book: The Book on Government Narrator(s): al-Hasan al-Basri الحسن البصري Grade: Sahih O my son, I have heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: The worst of guardians is the cruel ruler. Beware of being one of them. Ubaidullah said (to him out of arrogance): Sit you down. You are from the chaff of the Companions of Muhammad (ﷺ). A’idh said: Was there worthless chaff among them? Such worthless chaff appeared after them and among other people. Source: https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-4601/