حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ السَّرْحِ وَابْنُ أَبِي خَلَفٍ لَفْظَهُ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِي حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ اسْتَعْمَلَ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْأَزْدِ يُقَالُ لَهُ ابْنُ اللُّتْبِيَّةِ قَالَ ابْنُ السَّرْحِ ابْنُ الْأُتْبِيَّةِ عَلَی الصَّدَقَةِ فَجَائَ فَقَالَ هَذَا لَکُمْ وَهَذَا أُهْدِيَ لِي فَقَامَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَی الْمِنْبَرِ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَی عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَ مَا بَالُ الْعَامِلِ نَبْعَثُهُ فَيَجِيئُ فَيَقُولُ هَذَا لَکُمْ وَهَذَا أُهْدِيَ لِي أَلَا جَلَسَ فِي بَيْتِ أُمِّهِ أَوْ أَبِيهِ فَيَنْظُرَ أَيُهْدَی لَهُ أَمْ لَا لَا يَأْتِي أَحَدٌ مِنْکُمْ بِشَيْئٍ مِنْ ذَلِکَ إِلَّا جَائَ بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنْ کَانَ بَعِيرًا فَلَهُ رُغَائٌ أَوْ بَقَرَةً فَلَهَا خُوَارٌ أَوْ شَاةً تَيْعَرُ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّی رَأَيْنَا عُفْرَةَ إِبِطَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ اللَّهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 2946
Narrated Abu Humaid al-Saeedi: The Prophet ﷺ appointed a man of Azd called Ibn al-Lutbiyayah (to collect sadaqah). The narrator Ibn al-Sarh said: (He appointed) Ibn al-Utbiyyah to collect the sadaqah. When he returned he said: This is for you and this was given to me as present. So the Prophet ﷺ stood on the pulpit, and after praising and extolling Allah he said: What is the matter with a collector of sadaqah. We send him (to collect sadaqah), and when he return he says: This is for you and this is a present which was given to me. Why did he not sit in his father's or mother's house and see whether it would be given to him or not ? Whoever takes any of it will inevitably bring it on the Day of Resurrection, be it a camel which rumbles, an ox which bellows, or sheep which-bleats. Then raising his arms so that we could see where the hair grow under his armpits, he said: O Allah, have I given full information ? O Allah, have I given full information ?
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020