Reference: Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa v5 p114
wrote to some of his workers:
As for what follows then…
If your authority over the people allows you to oppress them, then remember the authority of Allaah over you, and that what befalls them [as a result of your oppression] will [come to] pass, and what will befall you [as a result of you oppressing them] will remain.
