Hawzah News Agency – The merciful prophet of Islam (pbuh) says:
صِنفانِ مِن اُمَّتي إذا صَلُحا صَلُحَت اُمَّتي، وإذا فَسَدا فَسَدَت اُمَّتي، قيلَ: يارسولَ اللَّهِ، ومَن هُما؟ قالَ: الفُقَهاءُ والاُمَراءُ.
'There are two kinds of people from my community who if they are sound my community will be sound, and if they are corrupt my comm.unity will become corrupt.' The Prophet was asked, 'And who are they O messenger of Allah?' He replied, 'The jurists and the rulers.'
Source: al-Khisal, p. 37, no. 12