Maqil bin Yasar fell into a serious illness, and Ibn Ziyad came to visit him. Maqil said, "I am about to tell you a hadith I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, 'Whoever is entrusted with the care of subjects and does not surround them with sincere counsel will not find the fragrance of Paradise, though its fragrance can be perceived from a journey of a hundred years away.'"Ibn Ziyad said, "Why did you not tell me this before now?"Maqil replied, "Even now, were it not for the position you hold, I would not have told you."
مرض معقل بن يسار مرضا ثقل فيه، فأتاه ابن زياد يعوده، فقال: إني محدثك حديثا سمعته من رسول الله ﷺ يقول: من استرعي رعية، فلم يحطهم بنصيحة، لم يجد ريح الجنة، وريحها يوجد من مسيرة مائة عام. قال ابن زياد: ألا كنت حدثتني بهذا قبل الآن؟ قال: والآن لولا الذي أنت عليه لم أحدثك به.
Ahmad (20315) narrated it from Hawdhah bin Khalifah, who said, Awf narrated to us, from Hasan, who mentioned it as stated. Its chain is hasan because of Hawdhah bin Khalifah, for he is hasan al-hadith.Bukhari narrated the hadith in the Book of Rulings (7150), and Muslim in the Book of Leadership (142: 21), through the route of Abu Ashhab, from Hasan, in similar wording, but without the phrase "and its scent can be detected from a distance of a hundred years' journey." It is documented in the Book of Leadership.