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tabarani:14389ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > al-Ḥumaydī > Sufyān > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Qays b. Abū Ḥāzim > ʿAdī b. ʿUmayrah al-Kindī

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Whosoever 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: Whosoever from you is appointed by us to a position of authority, he should bring everything, big or small, and whatever he is given therefrom he should take, and he should restrain himself from taking that which is forbidden. (Using translation from Muslim 1833a)  

الطبراني:١٤٣٨٩حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ ثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ عُمَيْرَةَ الْكِنْدِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلْنَاهُ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَغَلَّنَا مِخْيَطًا أَوْ مَا فَوْقَهُ كَانَ غُلًّا يَأْتِي بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» فَقَامَ إِلَيهِ رَجُلٌ أسْوَدُ مِنَ الْأَزْدِ كَأَنِّي أنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اقْبَلْ عَنِّي عَمَلَكَ قَالَ «وَمَا لَكَ؟» فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُكَ تَقُولُ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ وَأَنَا أَقُولُهُ الْآنَ «مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلْنَاهُ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَلْيَجِئْ بِقَلِيلِهِ وَكَثِيرِهِ فَمَا أُوتِيَ مِنْهُ أَخَذَ وَمَا نُهِيَ عَنْهُ انْتَهَى»  


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muslim:1833aAbū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ b. al-Jarrāḥ > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Qays b. Abū Ḥāzim > ʿAdī b. ʿAmīrah al-Kindī

I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Whosoever 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: Whosoever from you is appointed by us to a position of authority, he should bring everything, big or small, and whatever he is given therefrom he should take, and he should restrain himself from taking that which is forbidden.  

مسلم:١٨٣٣aحَدَّثَنَا 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 ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلْنَاهُ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَكَتَمَنَا مِخْيَطًا فَمَا فَوْقَهُ كَانَ غُلُولاً يَأْتِي بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ أَسْوَدُ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اقْبَلْ عَنِّي عَمَلَكَ قَالَ وَمَا لَكَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُكَ تَقُولُ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ وَأَنَا أَقُولُهُ الآنَ مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلْنَاهُ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَلْيَجِئْ بِقَلِيلِهِ وَكَثِيرِهِ فَمَا أُوتِيَ مِنْهُ أَخَذَ وَمَا نُهِيَ عَنْهُ انْتَهَى  

abudawud:3581Musaddad > Yaḥyá > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Qays > ʿAdī b. ʿUmayrah al-Kindī

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.  

أبو داود:٣٥٨١حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَدِيُّ بْنُ عُمَيْرَةَ الْكِنْدِيُّ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْكُمْ لَنَا عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَكَتَمَنَا مِنْهُ مِخْيَطًا فَمَا فَوْقَهُ فَهُوَ غُلٌّ يَأْتِي بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ 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  

ahmad:17717Yaḥyá b. Saʿīd > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Qaysʿan ʿAdī b. ʿAmīrah al-Kindī

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. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3581)   

أحمد:١٧٧١٧حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسٌعَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ الْكِنْدِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْكُمْ لَنَا عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَكَتَمَنَا مِنْهُ مِخْيَطًا فَمَا فَوْقَهُ فَهُوَ غُلٌّ يَأْتِي بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ أَسْوَدُ قَالَ مُجَالِدٌ هُوَ سَعْدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اقْبَلْ عَنِّي عَمَلَكَ فَقَالَ وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ سَمِعْتُكَ تَقُولُ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ وَأَنَا أَقُولُ ذَلِكَ الْآنَ مَنْ اسْتَعْمَلْنَاهُ عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَلْيَجِئْ بِقَلِيلِهِ وَكَثِيرِهِ فَمَا أُوتِيَ مِنْهُ أَخَذَهُ وَمَا نُهِيَ عَنْهُ انْتَهَى  

ahmad:17723Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Ismāʿīl > Qays > ʿAdī b. ʿAmīrah

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said: "Whoever we employ among you for a task, and he conceals from us a thread, then he is a thief who will bring it on the Day of Resurrection." So, a man from the Ansar stood up, he was known as Adam the tall, and he said, "There is no need for me in your work." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked, "Why?" He replied, "I heard you just now saying, 'Whoever we employ among you for a task, let him bring both its small and large parts, for if something is taken, it should be brought back, and if it is prohibited, it should be avoided.'"  

أحمد:١٧٧٢٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ قَيْسًا يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ اسْتَعْمَلْنَاهُ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَكَتَمَنَا مِخْيَطًا فَهُوَ غُلٌّ يَأْتِي بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ آدَمُ طُوَالٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ فَقَالَ لَا حَاجَةَ لِي فِي عَمَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِمَ؟ قَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُكَ آنِفًا تَقُولُ قَالَ وَأَنَا أَقُولُ الْآنَ مَنْ اسْتَعْمَلْنَاهُ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَلْيَأْتِ بِقَلِيلِهِ وَكَثِيرِهِ فَإِنْ أُتِيَ بِشَيْءٍ أَخَذَهُ وَإِنْ نُهِيَ عَنْهُ انْتَهَى  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ اسْمَ الْغُلُولِ قَدْ يَقَعُ عَلَى الرِّشْوَةِ وَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِنَ الْفَيْءِ وَالْغَنِيمَةِ

ibnhibban:5078Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Jarīr > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Qays b. Abū Ḥāzim > ʿAdī al-Kindī Thum Aḥad Banī Arqam

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. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3581)   

ابن حبّان:٥٠٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ

عَنْ عَدِيٍّ الْكِنْدِيِّ ثُمَّ أَحَدِ بَنِي أَرْقَمَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْكُمْ لَنَا عَمَلًا فَكَتَمَنَا مِنْهُ مِخْيَطًا فَمَا فَوْقَهُ فَهُوَ غَالٌّ يَأْتِي بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ» فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ أَسْوَدُ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ أَرَاهُ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَالَ اقْبَلْ عَنِّي عَمَلَكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ » قَالَ سَمِعْتُكَ تَقُولُ الَّذِي قُلْتَ قَالَ «وَأَنَا أَقُولُهُ الْآنَ مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلْنَاهُ عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَلْيَجِئْ بِقَلِيلِهِ وَكَثِيرِهِ فَمَا أُوتِيَ أَخَذَ وَمَا نُهِيَ عَنْهُ انْتَهَى»  

bayhaqi:7662[Chain 1] Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb al-Farrāʾ > Yaʿlá b. ʿUbayd > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid [Chain 2] Abū ʿAbdullāh > Abū al-Walīd > al-Ḥasan b. Sufyān > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Wakīʿ > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Qays b. Abū Ḥāzim > ʿAdī b. ʿAmīrah al-Kindī

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. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3581)   

البيهقي:٧٦٦٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أنبأ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ الْفَرَّاءُ أنبأ يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا وَكِيعٌ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ الْكِنْدِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلْنَاهُ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى عَمَلِنَا فَكَتَمَنَا مِنْهُ مِخْيَطًا فَمَا فَوْقَهُ كَانَ غُلُولًا يَأْتِي بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ أَسْوَدُ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اقْبَلْ عَنِّي عَمَلَكَ قَالَ وَمَا لَكَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُكَ تَقُولُ كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ وَأَنَا أَقُولُهُ الْآنَ مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلْنَاهُ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى عَمِلٍ فَلْيَجِئْ بِقَلِيلِهِ وَكَثِيرِهِ فَمَا أُمِرَ مِنْهُ أَخَذَ وَمَا نُهِيَ عَنْهُ انْتَهَى  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ
bayhaqi:20475Abū al-Ḥusayn b. Bishrān> Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. al-Bakhtarī > ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad > Yaʿlá b. ʿUbayd > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid > Qays > ʿAdī b. ʿAmīrah

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. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3581)   

البيهقي:٢٠٤٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْبَخْتَرِيِّ ثنا عَبَّاسُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا يَعْلَى بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ قَيْسٍ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَنْ عَمِلَ لَنَا عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَكَتَمَنَا مِخْيَطًا فَهُوَ يَأْتِي بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ كَأَنِّي أَرَاهُ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ اقْبَلْ عَنِّي عَمَلَكَ قَالَ وَمَا لَكَ ؟ قَالَ سَمِعْتُكَ تَقُولُ الَّذِي قُلْتَ قَالَ وَأَنَا أَقُولُهُ الْآنَ مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلْنَاهُ عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَلْيَجِئْ بِقَلِيلِهِ وَكَثِيرِهِ فَمَا أُوتِيَ مِنْهُ أَخَذَ وَمَا نُهِيَ عَنْهُ انْتَهَى  

أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ
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"يَا ايُّهَا النَّاسُ! مَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْكُمْ لَنَاعَمَلًا فَكَتَمَنَا مِنْهُ مِخْيَطًا فمَا

فَوْقَهُ كَانَ غُلُولًا يَأتِى بِهِ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلنَاهُ مِنْكُمْ عَلَى عَمَل فَليَجِئْ بِقَلِيلِهِ وَكثِيرِهِ، فَمَا أُوتِى مِنْهُ أَخَذَهُ، وَمَا نُهِىَ عَنْهُ انْتَهَى".  

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