Imam Hasan Basri says: Sayyiduna Ma'qil bin Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him) fell ill, and the illness weighed heavily upon him. Ibn Ziyad came to visit him, and he said: I will narrate to you a hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace be upon him) said: Whoever is made responsible for the care of the common people, but does not act with goodwill towards them, will not even smell the fragrance of Paradise, though its fragrance can be perceived from a distance of one hundred years. Ibn Ziyad said: Why did you not narrate this hadith to me before now? He replied: Even now, if it were not for the situation you are in, I would not have narrated it to you. In another narration: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty appoints someone as responsible for the care of the common people, but if he dies on the day of his death while deceiving them, Allah makes Paradise forbidden for such a person. In another narration: Sayyiduna Ma'qil bin Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The guardian who is entrusted with the care of the people, but betrays them, will be in the Fire. In another narration: It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ma'qil (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whether the community is small or large, whoever becomes its ruler and does not act justly among them, Allah will throw him face down into Hell.