After the demise of the Holy Prophet s.a.w., Sayyidina Abu Bakr Siddique r.a. assumed office as the Amir ul Mu'miniin (Ruler of the Believers), he delivered the following speech:
[After thanking God and praising Him]
"O men! Here I have been assigned the job of being a ruler over you while I am not the best among you. If I do well in my job, help me. If I do wrong, redress me. Truthfulness is fidelity, and lying is treason. The weak shall be strong in my eyes until I restore to them their lost rights, and the strong shall be weak in my eyes until I have restored the rights of the weak from them. No people give up fighting for the cause of God but God inflicts upon them abject subjection; and no people give themselves to lewdness but God envelopes them with misery. Obey me as long as I obey God and His Prophet. But if I disobey God's command or his Prophet's, then no obedience is incumbent on you. Rise to your prayer, that God may bless you."
[After thanking God and praising Him]
"O men! Here I have been assigned the job of being a ruler over you while I am not the best among you. If I do well in my job, help me. If I do wrong, redress me. Truthfulness is fidelity, and lying is treason. The weak shall be strong in my eyes until I restore to them their lost rights, and the strong shall be weak in my eyes until I have restored the rights of the weak from them. No people give up fighting for the cause of God but God inflicts upon them abject subjection; and no people give themselves to lewdness but God envelopes them with misery. Obey me as long as I obey God and His Prophet. But if I disobey God's command or his Prophet's, then no obedience is incumbent on you. Rise to your prayer, that God may bless you."
- The Life of Muhammad
Muhammad Husein Haykal
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