Hawzah News Agency- Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar narrated that his father narrated from Muhammad ibn Ahmad, from Al-Abbas ibn Ma’ruf, from Muhammad ibn Sa’id ibn Qazvan, from of Al-Sakoony, from Imam Sadiq (pbuh), from his father (pbuh) that the Holy Prophet (pbuh) said:
صِنفَانِ مِنْ أُمَّتِي إِذَا صَلَحَا صَلَحَتْ أُمَّتِي، وَإِذَا فَسَدَا فَسَدَتْ أُمَّتِي.
قِيلَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، وَمَنْ هُمَا؟
قَالَ: الْفُقَهَاءُ وَالأُمَرَاءُ.
There are two groups in my Ummah: if they are righteous, my Ummah will be righteous; and if they become corrupt, my Ummah will become corrupt.”
It was asked: O Messenger of Allah, who are they?
He replied: The scholars and the rulers.
Al-Khisal,Book 3,Chapter 9
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