سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الخراج والفيء والإمارةTribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Kitab Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai Wal-Imarah)
باب فِي أَرْزَاقِ الْعُمَّالِChapter: Regarding Granting Provision To (Government) Employees.
Hadith 2945
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ مَرْوَانَ الرَّقِّيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعَافَى ، حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ ، عَنْ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ ، عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ ، عَنْ الْمُسْتَوْرِدِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ : " مَنْ كَانَ لَنَا عَامِلًا فَلْيَكْتَسِبْ زَوْجَةً ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ خَادِمٌ فَلْيَكْتَسِبْ خَادِمًا ، فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَسْكَنٌ فَلْيَكْتَسِبْ مَسْكَنًا ، قَالَ : قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ : أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : مَنِ اتَّخَذَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ غَالٌّ أَوْ سَارِقٌ " .
Narrated Al-Mustawrid ibn Shaddad: Al-Mustawrid heard the Prophet ﷺ say: He who acts as an employee for us must get a wife; if he has not a servant, he must get one, and if he has not a dwelling, he must get one. He said that Abu Bakr reported: I was told that the Prophet ﷺ said: He who takes anything else he is unfaithful or thief. He said that Abu Bakr reported: I was told that the Prophet ﷺ said: He who takes anything else he is unfaithful or thief.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Contracting marriage, obtaining a servant, and securing accommodation (including household expenses) are among the essential basic rights of government employees.
Nowadays, employees are being severely exploited.
And in a state of compulsion, they are forced to accept such meager compensation
that their aforementioned basic needs are not fulfilled.
This is sheer oppression and injustice.
There is no justification for this in Islam.
Especially when the higher officials and ruling class acquire so many facilities and privileges for themselves from the national treasury that Allah’s protection is sought.
Contracting marriage, obtaining a servant, and securing accommodation (including household expenses) are among the essential basic rights of government employees.
Nowadays, employees are being severely exploited.
And in a state of compulsion, they are forced to accept such meager compensation
that their aforementioned basic needs are not fulfilled.
This is sheer oppression and injustice.
There is no justification for this in Islam.
Especially when the higher officials and ruling class acquire so many facilities and privileges for themselves from the national treasury that Allah’s protection is sought.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 2945
