Mishkat al-MasabihChapter 18Hadith 3559
Full Sharh — Mishkat al-Masabih 3559
وَعَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «تَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ رَأْسِ السَّبْعِينَ وَإِمَارَةِ الصِّبْيَانِ» . رَوَى الْأَحَادِيثَ السِّتَّةَ أَحْمَدُ وَرَوَى الْبَيْهَقِيُّ حَدِيثَ مُعَاوِيَةَ فِي «دَلَائِلِ النُّبُوَّة»
English Translation
Abu Huraira reported God’s Messenger as saying, “Seek refuge in God from the beginning of the year seventy and the governorship exercised by boys.”* Ahmad. *This tradition is direction against some of the Umayyads.
Source
Mishkat al-Masabih(مشكاة المصابيح)
The Offices of Commander and Qadi
Hadith Number
3559