Benefits of the Hadith: (As for what follows, I am appointing men from among you to matters of what Allah has entrusted to me. Then one of you comes and says, “This is for you, and this is a gift that was given to me.”)

The Shaykh : It contains the fact that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) confronted the man with his saying: This is more severe than if he had said it using the third-person pronoun. It also contains the accountability of the Imam for his workers. The way this is done is that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) held Abdullah ibn al-Atabiya accountable, asking him, “Where did this come from?” It is mentioned that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) used to hold his workers accountable and take half of their wealth. If this is authentic, it may be because of the gifts that were given to them, which were not distinguished from their pure wealth, so he took them by equal division. Otherwise, it would not be fitting for 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) to take anything from their wealth without right.

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The Shaykh : How did he establish that?

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The Shaykh : No, al-Abbas, the narrator ...