حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو صَالِحٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَقَ الْفَزَارِيُّ عَنْ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي فِرَاسٍ قَالَ خَطَبَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَمْ أَبْعَثْ عُمَّالِي لِيَضْرِبُوا أَبْشَارَکُمْ وَلَا لِيَأْخُذُوا أَمْوَالَکُمْ فَمَنْ فُعِلَ بِهِ ذَلِکَ فَلْيَرْفَعْهُ إِلَيَّ أُقِصُّهُ مِنْهُ قَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ لَوْ أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَدَّبَ بَعْضَ رَعِيَّتِهِ أَتُقِصُّهُ مِنْهُ قَالَ إِي وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ أُقِصُّهُ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَقَصَّ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4537
Narrated Abu Firas: Umar bin al-Khattab (ra) addressed us and said: I did not send my collectors (of zakat) so that they strike your bodies and that they take your property. If that is done with someone and he appeals to me, I shall take retaliation on him. Amr ibn al-As said: If any man (i. e. governor) inflicts disciplinary punishment on his subjects, would you take retaliation on him too? He said: Yes, by Him in Whose hand my soul is, I shall take retaliation on him. I saw that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has given retaliation on himself.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020