Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 23364 — Gifts given to a governor or judge

Sayyiduna Adi bin Amirah al-Kindi (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: If any of you is appointed as an agent over some task, and he then conceals from it a needle or anything more, this is a betrayal of trust that will be brought forward on the Day of Resurrection. A black man from the Ansar stood up, as if I am looking at him now. He said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! Take back from me the task you entrusted to me. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: What is the matter? He said: I heard you (peace and blessings be upon him) saying such and such. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I now say it again: If any of you is appointed as an agent over some task, let him bring to us its little and its much. Whatever he is given from it, let him take, and whatever he is forbidden from, let him refrain from it.