Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik Ashja'i (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "The best of your rulers are those whom you love and they love you, you pray for their well-being and they pray for your well-being; and the worst of your rulers are those whom you dislike and they dislike you, you curse them and they curse you." We said: O Messenger of Allah! Should we not break allegiance to them and rebel against them? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "No, as long as they establish prayer among you. But if anyone sees a ruler committing a sinful act, he should dislike that act, but should not withdraw his obedience." The narrator of this hadith, Abdur Rahman bin Jabir, said: I said to Zuraik bin Hayan: O Abu al-Miqdam! I ask you by Allah, did you hear this hadith from Muslim bin Qarza? Upon hearing this, Zuraik knelt on his knees and turned his face towards the Qiblah and said: By Allah, indeed I heard this hadith from Muslim bin Qarza, who used to say: My uncle, Sayyiduna Awf bin Malik Ashja'i (may Allah be pleased with him), used to say: I heard this hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).