It has been narrated on the authority of Alqama bin Wail al-Hadrami who learnt the tradition from his father. The latter said: Salama bin Yazid al-juafi asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ : Prophet ﷺ of Allah, what do you think if we have rulers who rule over us and demand that we discharge our obligations towards them, but they (themselves) do not discharge their own responsibilities towards us? What do you order us to do? The Messenger of Allah ﷺ avoided giving any answer. Salama asked him again. He (again) avoided giving any answer. Then he asked again-it was the second time or the third time-when Ashath bin Qais (finding that the Holy Prophet ﷺ was unnecessarily being pressed for answer) pulled him aside and said: Listen to them and obey them, for on them shall he their burden and on you shall be your burden.