Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “You should avoid bosses who force themselves on the people. I swear by God that anyone whose shoes were heard hitting the ground from behind him got destroyed and ruined other people too.”
عنه (عليه السلام) قال
إياكم وهؤلاء الرؤساء الذين يترأسون، فوالله ما خفقت النعال خلف رجل إلا هلك وأهلك!.
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