Hadith About The Public Purse

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According to Thawban (ra), Allah’s Messenger (saw) said, “Whoever dies free of the following three things will enter Paradise: Pride, treacherously stealing from the booty of war (al-ghulūl, that is, from the public purse), and debt.” (al-Tirmidhi, al-Siyar, 21; IM2412, Ibn Maja, al-Sadaqat, 12)

ʿAbd Allah b. Burayda (ra) reported, according to his father, that the Prophet (saw) said, “When we appoint someone to an administrative post and provide him with an allowance, anything he takes beyond that is betrayal (of the public purse, al-ghulūl).” (Abu Daʾud, al-Imara, 9-10)

According to Abu Hurayra (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “May no one take a foot of ground unjustly lest Allah encircle his neck with it seven fold on the Day of Judgement.”  (Muslim, al-Musaqat, 141; al-Bukhari, al-Mazalim, 13)

According to ʿAdi b. ʿAmira al-Kindi (ra), he heard the Messenger of Allah (saw) say, “If we appoint one of you to a position and he conceals from us a needle or something greater, this is betrayal (al-ghulūl) which he will carry on the Day of Judgement.” (Muslim, al-Imara, 30)

According to Muʿadh b. Jabal, “The Messenger of Allah (saw) sent me to Yemen. After I had left, he sent someone after me and he brought me back. Then he (the Prophet (saw)) said, ‘Do you know why I sent someone to you? Do not take anything without my permission, for that will be betrayal (al-ghulūl). Whoever commits betrayal will carry what he has betrayed on the Day of Judgement. This is why I called you, so now go and do your job.’” (al-Tirmidhi, al-Ahkam, 8)

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths