Mishkat al-Masabih

Mishkat al-Masabih 3749

Provisions and Presents for Rulers - Section 2
The Offices of Commander and Qadi Search within the hadiths
Mishkat al-Masabih 3749
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنْ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: عَمِلْتُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فعملني. رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد
Translation

‘Umar said, “I held an administrative post in the time of God's Messenger, and he gave me payment for it." Abu Dawud transmitted it.