695 - 'Abd Allah informed us, saying: My father narrated to me, saying: Isma'il ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, from 'Ali ibn al-Hakam, who said: Abu Hasan narrated to me that 'Amr ibn Murrah said to Mu'awiyah: "O Mu'awiyah, I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say: 'There is no imam'—or he said: 'ruler'—'who closes his door against those in need, in poverty, or in misery, but that Allah closes the gates of the heavens against his own misery, need, and poverty.'" He said: So Mu'awiyah appointed a man to attend to the needs of the people.
٦٩٥ - أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي قَال: ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو حَسَنٍ، أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ مُرَّةَ قَالَ لِمُعَاوِيَةَ: يَا مُعَاوِيَةُ، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «مَا مِنْ إِمَامٍ» أَوْ قَالَ: «وَالٍ يُغْلِقُ بَابَهُ دُونَ الْحَاجَةِ، وَالْخَلَّةِ، وَالْمَسْكَنَةِ، إِلَّا أَغْلَقَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاوَاتِ دُونَ خَلَّتِهِ وَحَاجَتِهِ وَمَسْكَنَتِهِ» . قَالَ: فَجَعَلَ مُعَاوِيَةُ رَجُلًا عَلَى حَوَائِجِ النَّاسِ "
