صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الإمارة
The Book on Government
باب تَحْرِيمِ هَدَايَا الْعُمَّالِ:
Chapter: The prohibition of giving gifts to agents
Hadith 1833
This hadith is listed as number 4743 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعُ بْنُ الْجَرَّاحِ ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ ، عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ الْكِنْدِيِّ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يَقُولُ : " مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلْنَاهُ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَكَتَمَنَا مِخْيَطًا فَمَا فَوْقَهُ كَانَ غُلُولًا يَأْتِي بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ، قَالَ : فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ أَسْوَدُ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ، اقْبَلْ عَنِّي عَمَلَكَ ، قَالَ : وَمَا لَكَ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُكَ تَقُولُ كَذَا وَكَذَا ، قَالَ : وَأَنَا أَقُولُهُ الْآنَ مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلْنَاهُ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَلْيَجِئْ بِقَلِيلِهِ وَكَثِيرِهِ ، فَمَا أُوتِيَ مِنْهُ أَخَذَ وَمَا نُهِيَ عَنْهُ انْتَهَى " ،
It has been reported on the authority of 'Adi bin 'Amira al-Kindi who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Whoso from you is appointed by us to a position of authority and he conceals from us a needle or something smaller than that, it would be misappropriation (of public funds) and will (have to) produce it on the Day of Judgment. The narrator says: A dark-complexioned man from the Ansar stood up-I can visualise him still-and said: Messenger of Allah, take back from me your assignment. He said: What has happened to you? The man said: I have heard you say so and so. He said: I say that (even) now: Whoso from you is appointed by as to a position of authority, he should bring everything, big of small, and whatever he is given therefrom he should take, and he should restrain himself from taking that which is forbidden.
