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Sunan Abi Dawud 3581 (Book 25, Hadith 11) #23871
Honesty and Integrity in Fulfilling Duties

SUMMARY: This hadith emphasizes the importance of honesty and integrity in fulfilling one's duties, and warns against taking anything that is not given to them.

Narrated Adi ibn Umayrah al-Kindi: The Prophet 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.
حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي قَيْسٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَدِيُّ بْنُ عُمَيْرَةَ الْكِنْدِيُّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ‏"‏ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ مَنْ عَمِلَ مِنْكُمْ لَنَا عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَكَتَمَنَا مِنْهُ مِخْيَطًا فَمَا فَوْقَهُ فَهُوَ غُلٌّ يَأْتِي بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ أَسْوَدُ كَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ اقْبَلْ عَنِّي عَمَلَكَ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ وَمَا ذَاكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ سَمِعْتُكَ تَقُولُ كَذَا وَكَذَا ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ وَأَنَا أَقُولُ ذَلِكَ مَنِ اسْتَعْمَلْنَاهُ عَلَى عَمَلٍ فَلْيَأْتِ بِقَلِيلِهِ وَكَثِيرِهِ فَمَا أُوتِيَ مِنْهُ أَخَذَهُ وَمَا نُهِيَ عَنْهُ انْتَهَى

TOPICS
honesty  *  integrity  *  duties  *  ihsan  *  amanah  *  kifayah

QUICK LESSONS:
Be honest in your dealings with others; fulfill your responsibilities with integrity; take only what you are given; refrain from taking anything that isn't yours.

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith emphasizes the importance of honesty and integrity when it comes to fulfilling one's duties. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ warned against taking anything that is not given to them, even if it is something small like a needle. He also said that if someone was appointed to an office, they should take what they are given but refrain from what is kept away from them. This teaches us that we must be honest in our dealings with others, no matter how small or insignificant something may seem. We must also be mindful of our responsibilities and fulfill our duties with integrity so as not to bring any harm upon ourselves or others on the Day of Judgment.

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