Hazrat Abdullah bin Umair, Allah be pleased with him, narrates that the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
“Surely, every one of you is a guardian and is responsible for his charges: The imam [ruler] of the people is a guardian and is responsible for his subjects; a man is the guardian of his family [household] and is responsible for his subjects; a woman is the guardian of her husband’s home and of his children and is responsible for them; and the slave of a man is a guardian of his master’s property and is responsible for it. Surely, every one of you is a guardian and responsible for his charges.”
(Sahih al-Bukhari, Kitab al-Ahkam)
