 وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَا اقْتَرَبَ عَبْدٌ مِنْ سُلْطَانٍ إِلَّا تَبَاعَدَ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَ لَا کَثُرَ مَالُهُ إِلَّا اشْتَدَّ حِسَابُهُ وَ لَا کَثُرَ تَبِعَتُهُ إِلَّا کَثُرَتْ شَیَاطِینُهُ.

1.  The  Holy  Prophet  (s.a.w.s.)  said,  “One  who  becomes proximate to a king is away from Allah. His wealth might have  increased  but  his  accounting  will  be  tough.  The number of his followers must have increased but all of them are devils.”

 وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص إِیَّاکُمْ وَ أَبْوَابَ السُّلْطَانِ وَ حَوَاشِیَهَا فَإِنَّ أَقْرَبَکُمْ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ السُّلْطَانِ وَ حَوَاشِیهَا أَبْعَدُکُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَی وَ مَنْ آثَرَ السُّلْطَانَ عَلَی اللَّهِ تَعَالَی أَذْهَبَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ الْوَرَعَ وَ جَعَلَهُ حَیْرَانَ.

2.  The  Holy  Prophet  (s.a.w.s.)  said,  “Keep away  from  the doors  of the king  and his  confidants  because as a  person goes  near  them,  he  goes  far  from  Allah.  A  person  who considers the king more important than Allah will continue to lose piety and remain confused and perplexed.”

Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl

Chapter #106