English translation
7197. Narrated Abū Humaid As-Sā'idī: The Prophet ﷺ employed Ibn Al-Utabiyya to collect Zakāt from Banī Sulaim, and when he returned (with the money) to Allāh's Messenger ﷺ, the Prophet ﷺ called him to account, and he said, "This (amount) is for you, and this was given to me as a gift." Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "Why don't you stay at your father's house or your mother's house to see whether you will be given gifts or not, if you are telling the truth?" Then Allāh's Messenger ﷺ stood up and addressed the people, and after glorifying and praising Allāh, he said, "Ammā Ba'du (then after) I employ some men from among you for some job which Allāh has placed in my charge, and then one of you comes to me and says, 'This (amount) is for you and this is a gift given to me.' Why doesn't he stay at the house of his father or the house of his mother and see whether he will be given gifts or not, if he was telling the truth? By Allāh, none of you takes anything of it (i.e., Zakāt) for himself (Hishām added: unlawfully) but he will meet Allāh on the Day of Resurrection carrying it over his neck! I do not want to see any of you carrying a grunting camel or a mooing cow, or a bleating sheep on meeting Allāh." Then the Prophet ﷺ raised both his hands, till I saw the whiteness of his armpits, and said, "(No doubt)! Haven't I conveyed Allāh's Message!"