Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 18 – Volume 2, Book 13

English

Volume 2, Book 13, Number 18:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
I heard Allah's Apostle saying, "All of you are Guardians." Yunis said: Ruzaiq bin Hukaim wrote to
Ibn Shihab while I was with him at Wadi-al-Qura saying, "Shall I lead the Jumua prayer?" Ruzaiq
was working on the land (i.e farming) and there was a group of Sudanese people and some others
with him; Ruzaiq was then the Governor of Aila. Ibn Shihab wrote (to Ruzaiq) ordering him to lead
the Jumua prayer and telling him that Salim told him that 'Abdullah bin 'Umar had said, "I heard Al –
lah's Apostle saying, 'All of you are guardians and responsible for your wards and the things under
your care. The Imam (i.e. ruler) is the guardian of his subjects and is responsible for them and a man
is the guardian of his family and is responsible for them. A woman is the guardian of her husband's
house and is responsible for it. A servant is the guardian of his master's belongings and is responsible
for them.' I thought that he also said, 'A man is the guardian of his father's property and is respons –
ible for it. All of you are guardians and responsible for your wards and the things under your care."