The Peak of Eloquence · Hadith 2050 (#Passage #409)

۳۳۲. وَقَالَ (عليه السلام): السُّلْطَانُ وَزَعَةُ اللهِ فِي أَرْضِهِ.

332. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: The sovereign is the watchman of Allāh on earth.

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).