وعن عدي ابن عميرة رضي الله عنه قال: سمعت
رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: «من استعملناه منكم على عمل، فكتمنا مخيطًا فما فوقه، كان غلولاً يأتي به يوم القيامة» فقام إليه رجل أسود من الأنصار، كأني أنظر إليه، فقال: يا رسول الله اقبل عني عملك، قال: «ومالك؟» قال سمعتك تقول كذا وكذا، قال: «وأنا أقوله الآن: من استعملناه على عمل فليجئ بقليله وكثيره، فما أوتي منه أخذ، وما نهي عنه انتهى
Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “Whosoever among you is appointed by us to a position and he conceals from us even a needle or less, it will amount to misappropriation and he will be called upon to restore it on the Day of Resurrection”.
(Adi ibn Umairah added:) A black man from the Ansar stood up – I can see him still – and said: “O Messenger of Allah, take back from me your assignment.” He (the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam)) said, “What has happened to you?”
The man replied: “I have heard you saying such and such.” He (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said, “I say that even now: Whosoever from you is appointed by us to a position, he should render an account of everything, big or small, and whatever he is given therefrom, he should take and he should desist from taking what is unlawful”.