Regarding Gifts For An Employee (In Government) Sunan Abi Dawud 2946
The Prophet (ﷺ) appointed a man from the Azd, who was called Ibn al-Lutbiyyah—Ibn al-Sarh said: Ibn al-Utbiyyah—over the charity. He came and said, "This is for you, and this was given to me as a gift." The Prophet (ﷺ) stood upon the pulpit, praised and glorified Allah, and said, "What is the matter with an agent whom we send, and he comes back saying, 'This is for you and this was given to me as a gift'? Why did he not sit in the house of his father or his mother to see whether a gift would be given to him or not? By the One in Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, no one of you takes anything from it without bringing it on the Day of Resurrection, carrying it upon his neck: whether it is a camel that groans, a cow that bellows, or a sheep that bleats." Then he raised his hands until we saw the whiteness of his armpits, and said, "O Allah, have I conveyed the message? O Allah, have I conveyed the message?"