Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Samurah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to him: "O Abdur Rahman bin Samurah! Do not seek leadership (authority or governorship), because if you are given leadership as a result of asking for it, you will be left to it (without divine help), but if you are given leadership without asking for it, you will be helped in it (by Allah). And if you swear an oath about something and then see that something else is better than it, then offer expiation for your oath and do that which is better."