Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 206
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: كُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ، وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْؤولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ، فَالأَمِيرُ الَّذِي عَلَى النَّاسِ رَاعٍ، وَهُوَ مَسْؤولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ، وَالرَّجُلُ رَاعٍ عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ، وَهُوَ مَسْؤُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ، وَعَبْدُ الرَّجُلِ رَاعٍ عَلَى مَالِ سَيِّدِهِ، وَهُوَ مَسْؤُولٌ عَنْهُ، أَلاَ كُلُّكُمْ رَاعٍ، وَكُلُّكُمْ مَسْؤُولٌ عَنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Isma‘il ibn Abi Uways narrated to us. He said: Malik narrated to me, from Abd Allah ibn Dinar, from Ibn Umar, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: ‘Each of you is a shepherd, and each of you is responsible for his flock. The governor over the people is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock. A man is a shepherd over his household and is responsible for his flock. A man’s servant is a shepherd over his master’s property and is responsible for it. Indeed, each of you is a shepherd, and each of you is responsible for his flock.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The Arabic repeats the concluding general statement after specifying the governor, the man in his household, and the servant over his master’s property; the repetition is preserved.