أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّی وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي إِسْمَعِيلَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ قَالَ قَالَ جَرِيرٌ أَتَی النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَاسٌ مِنْ الْأَعْرَابِ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَأْتِينَا نَاسٌ مِنْ مُصَدِّقِيکَ يَظْلِمُونَ قَالَ أَرْضُوا مُصَدِّقِيکُمْ قَالُوا وَإِنْ ظَلَمَ قَالَ أَرْضُوا مُصَدِّقِيکُمْ ثُمَّ قَالُوا وَإِنْ ظَلَمَ قَالَ أَرْضُوا مُصَدِّقِيکُمْ قَالَ جَرِيرٌ فَمَا صَدَرَ عَنِّي مُصَدِّقٌ مُنْذُ سَمِعْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَّا وَهُوَ رَاضٍ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 2466
It was narrated that ‘Abdur Rahman bin Hilal said: “Jarir said: ‘Some Bedouin people came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and said: Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, some of your Zakah collectors come to us and they are unfair. He said: Keep your Zakah collectors happy. They said: Even if they are unfair? He said: Keep your Zakah collectors happy. Then they said: Even if they are unfair. He said: Keep your Zakah collectors happy. Jarir said: ‘No Zakah collector left me, since I heard this from the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم but he was pleased with me.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020