Al-Sunnah by Abu Bakr ibn al-Khallal

Volume 1 · Page 81

Translation · EN

Muhammad informed us, saying: Waki' reported to us, from Hisham, from his father, who said: 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, said: "No man has ever coveted authority with all his might and then acted justly within it."

Arabic (Source)

٧٤ - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَ وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: قَالَ عُمَرُ ⦗١٢٤⦘ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: «مَا حَرَصَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى الْإِمَارَةِ كُلَّ الْحِرْصِ فَعَدَلَ فِيهَا»