عَنْ أُسَامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ رضي الله عنه قَالَ: قِيلَ لَهُ: أَلَا تَدْخُلُ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ فَتُكَلِّمَهُ؟ فَقَالَ: أَتَرَوْنَ أَنِّي لَا أُكَلِّمُهُ إِلَّا أُسْمِعُكُمْ؟ وَاللهِ لَقَدْ كَلَّمْتُهُ فِيمَا بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ، مَا دُونَ أَنْ أَفْتَتِحَ أَمْرًا لَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ فَتَحَهُ، وَلَا أَقُولُ لِأَحَدٍ يَكُونُ عَلَيَّ أَمِيرًا: إِنَّهُ خَيْرُ النَّاسِ بَعْدَمَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «يُؤْتَى بِالرَّجُلِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، فَيُلْقَى فِي النَّارِ، فَتَنْدَلِقُ أَقْتَابُ بَطْنِهِ، فَيَدُورُ بِهَا كَمَا يَدُورُ الْحِمَارُ بِالرَّحَى، فَيَجْتَمِعُ إِلَيْهِ أَهْلُ النَّارِ، فَيَقُولُونَ: يَا فُلَانُ مَا لَكَ؟ أَلَمْ تَكُنْ تَأْمُرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَتَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ؟ فَيَقُولُ: بَلَى، قَدْ كُنْتُ آمُرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَلَا آتِيهِ، وَأَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَآتِيهِ».
Kutoka kwa Osama bin Zaidi radhi za Allah ziwe juu yake: Aliambiwa: Je, huingii kwa Othman uzungumze naye? Akasema: Hivi mnadhani kuwa mimi siwezi kumsemesha jambo mpaka nanyi msikie? Wallahi nimekwishamsemesha kwa mambo yaliyo kati yangu na yeye, na wala sitaki kufungua jambo ambalo sihitaji kuwa wa mwanzo kulifungua, na wala sitaki kumueleza yeyote awe kiongozi kwangu: Hakika yeye ni kiongozi baada yakuwa nimemsikia Mtume rehema na amani ziwe juu yake akisema: "Ataletwa mtu siku ya Kiyama, kisha atupwe motoni, ujiviringishe utumbo na vyote vilivyomo tumboni mwake, atazunguka nao (motoni) kama punda anavyozunguka na jiwe la kusagia nafaka, watamkusanyikia watu wa motoni, watamuuliza: We fulani umepatwa na nini? Hivi si ni wewe ulikuwa ukituamrisha mema na kutukataza maovu? Atasema: Ndiyo ni mimi, ila nilikuwa nikiamrisha mema wala siyafanyi, na nikikataza maovu ninayafanya".
Osāmah ibn Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that it was said to him: "Why do you not visit ‘Uthmān and talk to him?" He replied: "Do you think that I do not talk to him except that I make you hear? By Allah, I talked to him privately, without beginning something I do not like to be the first to begin; and I do not say to my ruler "You are the best among people" after I heard the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and thrown into Hellfire, and his intestines will slip out and he will go around by them like a donkey goes around a millstone. The dwellers of Hellfire will gather around him and say: 'So-and-so, what is the matter with you? Did you not use to command us to do right and forbid us from doing wrong?' He will reply: 'Yes, I used to command what is right, but I would not do it myself, and I used to forbid doing what is wrong, but I fall into it myself''"
Asili katika kuwanasihi viongozi inatakiwa iwe kwa siri, na mtu asizizungumze kwa watu wote.
Ahadi ya adhabu kali kwa atakayekwenda kinyume matendo yake na kauli zake
Kua na adabu na viongozi na kuwa wapole kwao, na kuwaamrisha mema na kuwakataza maovu.
Ubaya wa kujipendekeza kwa viongozi katika haki na kudhihirisha kinyume na kile kinachoonekana kama kujipendekeza kwa uongo.