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Regarding Granting Provision To (Government) Employees

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Darussalam · Volume 3

19. The Book Of Kharāj, Fai'And Imārah (Leadership)

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الحديث: 2944 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 134

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2944. It was reported from Ibn As-Sā'idī, who said: " 'Umar appointed me to collect the Ṣadaqah (Zakāt). When I finished collecting it, he ordered some payment to be given to me. I said: 'I only did it for Allāh.' He replied: 'Take what you are given, for I worked (in some administrative position) in the time of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ and he paid me for it.'" (Sahīh)

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2944 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌٌ، عَنْ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ، عَنْ بُسْرِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ السَّاعِدِيِّ، قَالَ: اسْتَعْمَلَنِي عُمَرُ عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغْتُ أَمَرَ لِي بِعُمَالَةٍ، فَقُلْتُ: إِنَّمَا لِلَّهِ، قَالَ: «خُذْ مَا أُعْطِيتَ، فَإِنِّي قَدْ عَمِلْتُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَعَمَّلَنِي»

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These texts are proof enough for the allowance of paying government workers for their duties, even though they do their work for Allāh's sake.