The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Each of you is a shepherd."Layth added that Yunus said, Ruzayq bin Hakeem wrote to Ibn Shihab while I was with him at that time in Wadi al-Qura, asking, "Do you think I should hold the Friday prayer?" Ruzayq was at that time a governor working on a piece of land where there was a group of Sudanese and others, and he was in charge of Ayla. So Ibn Shihab wrote back, while I was listening, instructing him to hold the Friday prayer, and informed him that Salim had told him that Abdullah bin Umar said, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "Each of you is a shepherd, and each of you is responsible for his flock. The ruler is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock. A man is a shepherd over his family and is responsible for his flock. A woman is a shepherd in her husband's house and is responsible for her flock. A servant is a shepherd over his master's property and is responsible for his flock."He said, "And I think he also said, 'A man is a shepherd over his father's property and is responsible for his flock, and each of you is a shepherd and is responsible for his flock.'"
حدثنا بشر بن محمد المروزي قال أخبرنا عبد الله قال أخبرنا يونس عن الزهري قال أخبرنا سالم بن عبد الله
أن رسول الله ﷺ يقول كلكم راع وزاد الليث قال يونس كتب رزيق بن حكيم إلى ابن شهاب وأنا معه يومئذ بوادي القرى هل ترى أن أجمع ورزيق عامل على أرض يعملها وفيها جماعة من السودان وغيرهم ورزيق يومئذ على أيلة فكتب ابن شهاب وأنا أسمع يأمره أن يجمع يخبره أن سالما حدثه أن عبد الله بن عمر يقول سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول كلكم راع وكلكم مسئول عن رعيته الإمام راع ومسئول عن رعيته والرجل راع في أهله وهو مسئول عن رعيته والمرأة راعية في بيت زوجها ومسئولة عن رعيتها والخادم راع في مال سيده ومسئول عن رعيته قال وحسبت أن قد قال والرجل راع في مال أبيه ومسئول عن رعيته وكلكم راع ومسئول عن رعيته