مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب البيوع والأقضيةBook of Sales and Judgments
في الوالي والقاضي يهدى إليهA Judge or Governor Receiving Gifts
Hadith 23365
٢٣٣٦٥ - حدثنا أبو بكر قال: حدثنا وكيع قال: حدثنا سعيد بن عبيد الطائي عن علي بن ربيعة، (أن عليا) (١) استعمل رجلا من بني أسد يقال له: ضبيعة بن ⦗٢١٧⦘ زهير أو زهير بن ضبيعة، فلما جاء قال: يا أمير المؤمنين إني أهدي إلي في عملي أشياء وقد أتيتك بها، فإن كانت حلالا أكلتها وإلا فقد أتيتك بها، فقبضها علي وقال: لو حبستها كان غلولًا (٢).
It is narrated from Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) by Ibn Rabee’ah that Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) appointed a man from Banu Asad as an official. His name was Dabi’ah bin Zuhair or Zuhair bin Dabi’ah. When he returned, he said: O Commander of the Faithful! I have been given many gifts. I have brought all of them to you. If they are lawful for me, I will consume them. Otherwise, I give them to you. Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) took them from him and said: If you had kept them with you, it would have been a betrayal.
