“He who has been a ruler over ten people will be brought shackled on the Day of Resurrection, until the justice (by which he ruled) loosens his chains or tyranny brings him to destruction.”

— Muhammad

Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 1037
Sunni Hadith

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Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam 570–632

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