Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Tricks
15- بَابُ احْتِيَالِ الْعَامِلِ لِيُهْدَى لَهُ:
(15) Chapter. The playing tricks by an official person in order to obtain presents.
3 hadith · references 6979–6981
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Bukhari · 6979فَهَلَّا جَلَسْتَ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِيكَ وَأُمِّكَ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَكَ هَدِيَّتُكَ إِنْ كُنْتَ صَادِقًا ، ثُمَّ خَطَبَنَا ، فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : أَمَّا بَعْدُ ، فَإِنِّي أَسْتَعْمِلُ الرَّجُلَ مِAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) appointed a man called Ibn Al-Lutabiyya to collect the Zakat from Bani Sulaim's tribe. When he returned, the Prophet (ﷺ) called him to account. He said (to the Prophet, 'This is your money, and this5 narratorsBukhari · 6980الْجَارُ أَحَقُّ بِصَقَبِهِ ، وَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ : إِنِ اشْتَرَى دَارًا بِعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ ، فَلَا بَأْسَ أَنْ يَحْتَالَ حَتَّى يَشْتَرِيَ الدَّارَ بِعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ ، وَيَنْقُدَهُ تِسْعَةَ آلَافِThe Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The neighbor has more right to be taken care of by his neighbor (than anyone else)." Some men said, "If one wants to buy a house for 20,000 Dirhams then there is no harm to play a trick to deprive 5 narratorsBukhari · 6981حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الشَّرِيدِ ، أَنَّ أَبَا رَافِعٍ سَاوَمَ سَعْدَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ بَيْتًا بِأَرْبَعِAbu Rafi` sold a house to Sa`d bin Malik for four-hundred Mithqal of gold, and said, "If I had not heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, 'The neighbor has more right to be taken care of by his neighbor (than anyone else),' then 6 narrators