حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی عَنْ إِسْمَعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَدِيُّ بْنُ عُمَيْرَةَ الْکِنْدِيُّ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَنْ عُمِّلَ مِنْکُمْ لَنَا عَلَی عَمَلٍ فَکَتَمَنَا مِنْهُ مِخْيَطًا فَمَا فَوْقَهُ فَهُوَ غُلٌّ يَأْتِي بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ أَسْوَدُ کَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اقْبَلْ عَنِّي عَمَلَکَ قَالَ وَمَا ذَاکَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُکَ تَقُولُ کَذَا وَکَذَا قَالَ وَأَنَا أَقُولُ ذَلِکَ مَنْ اسْتَعْمَلْنَاهُ عَلَی عَمَلٍ فَلْيَأْتِ بِقَلِيلِهِ وَکَثِيرِهِ فَمَا أُوتِيَ مِنْهُ أَخَذَهُ وَمَا نُهِيَ عَنْهُ انْتَهَی
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3581
Narrated Adi ibn Umayrah al-Kindi: 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.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020