20/10. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 2945 — Tribute, Spoils, and Rulership (Kitab Al-Kharaj, Wal-Fai' Wal-Imarah)
Regarding Granting Provision To (Government) Employees
Sunan Abi Dawud : 2945
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 2945
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ مَرْوَانَ الرَّقِّيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعَافَى، حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ، عَنِ الْمُسْتَوْرِدِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " مَنْ كَانَ لَنَا عَامِلاً فَلْيَكْتَسِبْ زَوْجَةً فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ خَادِمٌ فَلْيَكْتَسِبْ خَادِمًا فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَسْكَنٌ فَلْيَكْتَسِبْ مَسْكَنًا " . قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنِ اتَّخَذَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ فَهُوَ غَالٌّ أَوْ سَارِقٌ " .
Narrated Al-Mustawrid ibn Shaddad: Al-Mustawrid heard the Prophet (ﷺ) say: He who acts as an employee for us must get a wife; if he has not a servant, he must get one, and if he has not a dwelling, he must get one. He said that Abu Bakr reported: I was told that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who takes anything else he is unfaithful or thief.
[1] In ‘Awn Al-Ma‘būd , the author said: “It appears that it is Abū Bakr Aṣ-Ṣiddīq, may Allāh be pleased with him.” But in Ṣaḥīh Ibn Khuzaimah (no. 2370), Ibn Khuzaimah narrated it through the same route as the author, via Al-Mu‘āfa, who is Al-Mu‘āfa bin ‘Imrān Al-Mawṣilī. Here Ibn Khuzaimah has: “Abū Bakr” — that is Al-Mu‘āfa — said.Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 2945In-book reference : Book 20, Hadith 18English translation : Book 19, Hadith 2939
