سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الأقضيةThe Office of the Judge (Kitab Al-Aqdiyah)
باب فِي هَدَايَا الْعُمَّالِChapter: Regarding gifts for workers.
Hadith 3581
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيل بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ ، حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسٌ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي عَدِيُّ بْنُ عُمَيْرَةَ الْكِنْدِيُّ ، أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، مَنْ عُمِّلَ مِنْكُمْ لَنَا عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَكَتَمَنَا مِنْهُ مِخْيَطًا فَمَا فَوْقَهُ فَهُوَ غُلٌّ يَأْتِي بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنِ الْأَنْصَارِ ، أَسْوَدُ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، اقْبَلْ عَنِّي عَمَلَكَ ، قَالَ : وَمَا ذَاكَ ؟ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُكَ تَقُولُ : كَذَا وَكَذَا ، قَالَ : وَأَنَا أَقُولُ ذَلِكَ مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلْنَاهُ عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَلْيَأْتِ بِقَلِيلِهِ وَكَثِيرِهِ ، فَمَا أُوتِيَ مِنْهُ أَخَذَهُ وَمَا نُهِيَ عَنْهُ انْتَهَى " .
Narrated Adi ibn Umayrah al-Kindi: The Prophet ﷺ said: O people, if any of you is put in an administrative post on our behalf and conceals from us a needle or more, he is acting unfaithfully, and will bring it on the Day of Resurrection. A black man from the Ansar, as if I am seeing him, stood and said: Messenger of Allah, take back from me my post. He asked: What is that? He replied: I heard you say such and such. He said: And I say that. If we appoint anyone to an office, he must bring what is connected with it, both little and much. What he is given, he may take, and he must refrain from what is kept away from him.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Benefit: The responsibility of all national and collective affairs is extremely important.
This also includes the responsibility of revenues.
Even the slightest negligence or shortcoming in this regard becomes a cause of ruin for a person in the Hereafter.
If someone holding such responsibilities receives gifts, presents, or other benefits from anywhere,
then these are not lawful (halal) for him.
All such items must be deposited in the treasury.
Furthermore, it is also obligatory upon the supreme authority (ruler) to keep reminding his subjects of their responsibilities,
and to remind them of their accountability before Allah in the Hereafter,
and he himself should also remain alert and cautious.
Benefit: The responsibility of all national and collective affairs is extremely important.
This also includes the responsibility of revenues.
Even the slightest negligence or shortcoming in this regard becomes a cause of ruin for a person in the Hereafter.
If someone holding such responsibilities receives gifts, presents, or other benefits from anywhere,
then these are not lawful (halal) for him.
All such items must be deposited in the treasury.
Furthermore, it is also obligatory upon the supreme authority (ruler) to keep reminding his subjects of their responsibilities,
and to remind them of their accountability before Allah in the Hereafter,
and he himself should also remain alert and cautious.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3581
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: From this hadith, it is understood that a government employee or official may only take the salary or benefits that the government itself has granted. If he takes anything beyond that, he will be held accountable for it—even if it is a thread, a needle, or any benefit, whether less or more, taken unlawfully, it is considered a betrayal (khiyanah), for which he will have to answer on the Day of Resurrection. However, today Muslim rulers and their officials or employees do not care how many unlawful benefits they are deriving from their positions, nor do they consider that one day they will have to appear before the court of Allah and give account for this. The same is the case with those who, in the name of national or collective work, accumulate wealth and property, and then, considering it as mother’s milk, consume it without hesitation. May Allah Ta’ala grant all of us a sense of responsibility and bestow upon us the ability to avoid such actions.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 4743
Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim bin Basheer
Benefit:
From this hadith, it is understood that betrayal of trust (khiyanah) is a very grave crime, and whoever commits betrayal in trust in this world will bring that betrayal with him on the Day of Judgment. Furthermore, this hadith contains a great admonition for those emissaries who embezzle money, take something from people, and inform the administration of the madrasahs of something else. A person should always be concerned about the Hereafter and should not destroy his Hereafter for the sake of worldly objectives. Disgrace in the Hereafter is the greatest disgrace. May Allah protect us from disgrace in the Hereafter, ameen.
Regrettably, we are witnessing that in all governmental and non-governmental institutions, betrayal is being committed in financial matters. May Allah grant everyone His fear, and protect us from dishonesty in monetary dealings, ameen.
From this hadith, it is understood that betrayal of trust (khiyanah) is a very grave crime, and whoever commits betrayal in trust in this world will bring that betrayal with him on the Day of Judgment. Furthermore, this hadith contains a great admonition for those emissaries who embezzle money, take something from people, and inform the administration of the madrasahs of something else. A person should always be concerned about the Hereafter and should not destroy his Hereafter for the sake of worldly objectives. Disgrace in the Hereafter is the greatest disgrace. May Allah protect us from disgrace in the Hereafter, ameen.
Regrettably, we are witnessing that in all governmental and non-governmental institutions, betrayal is being committed in financial matters. May Allah grant everyone His fear, and protect us from dishonesty in monetary dealings, ameen.
Source: Musnad al-Humaydi: Commentary by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Bashir, Page: 917
