44 14781 Sahih Muslim 34 4848 The Book on Government - كتاب الإمارة "30201 20032 11418 11046 5171" "حدثنا أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة، حدثنا وكيع بن الجراح، حدثنا إسماعيل بن أبي، خالد عن قيس بن أبي حازم، عن عدي بن عميرة الكندي، قال سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول "" من استعملناه منكم على عمل فكتمنا مخيطا فما فوقه كان غلولا يأتي به يوم القيامة "" . قال فقام إليه رجل أسود من الأنصار كأني أنظر إليه فقال يا رسول الله اقبل عني عملك قال "" وما لك "" . قال سمعتك تقول كذا وكذا . قال "" وأنا أقوله الآن من استعملناه منكم على عمل فليجئ بقليله وكثيره فما أوتي منه أخذ وما نهي عنه انتهى "" ." " It has been reported on the authority of 'Adi b. 'Amira al-Kindi who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) say: Whoso 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: Whoso from you is appointed by as to a position of authority he should bring everything big of small and whatever he is given therefrom he should take and he should restrain himself from taking that which is forbidden."