Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1335
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ الأَوْدِيِّ، عَنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُبَيْلٍ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ، قَالَ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَلَمَّا سِرْتُ أَرْسَلَ فِي أَثَرِي فَرُدِدْتُ فَقَالَ " أَتَدْرِي لِمَ بَعَثْتُ إِلَيْكَ لاَ تُصِيبَنَّ شَيْئًا بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِي فَإِنَّهُ غُلُولٌ وَمَنْ يَغْلُلْ يَأْتِ بِمَا غَلَّ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لِهَذَا دَعَوْتُكَ فَامْضِ لِعَمَلِكَ " . قَالَ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ عَمِيرَةَ وَبُرَيْدَةَ وَالْمُسْتَوْرِدِ بْنِ شَدَّادٍ وَأَبِي حُمَيْدٍ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ مُعَاذٍ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ الأَوْدِيِّ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muʿādh ibn Jabal said: “The Messenger of Allah sent me to Yemen. After I had set out, he sent someone after me and had me brought back. He said: ‘Do you know why I called you back? Do not take anything without my permission, for that would be misappropriation. Whoever misappropriates something will bring it with him on the Day of Resurrection. I called you back for this reminder; now go and carry out your assignment.’” Reports on this subject are also narrated from ʿAdī ibn ʿUmayrah, Buraydah, al-Mustawrid ibn Shaddād, Abū Ḥumayd, and Ibn ʿUmar. Muʿādh’s hadith is ḥasan gharīb through this chain, which we know only from Abū Usāmah’s report from Dāwūd al-Awdī.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The warning concerns taking public property without authorization.