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Abu Dawood: Hadith 2950

20. 'Tribute

سنن أبي داود

20/1101 Chapter:

Regarding Matters Of Those Who Are Under Imam, His Duties, And Him Secluding Himself From Them

باب فِيمَا يَلْزَمُ الإِمَامَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الرَّعِيَّةِ وَالْحَجَبَةِ عَنْهُ

2950
Abu Dawood
Sahih (Al-Albani)
حَدَّثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ، قَالَ هَذَا مَا حَدَّثَنَا بِهِ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏‏ مَا أُوتِيكُمْ مِنْ شَىْءٍ وَمَا أَمْنَعُكُمُوهُ إِنْ أَنَا إِلاَّ خَازِنٌ أَضَعُ حَيْثُ أُمِرْتُ ‏"‏ ‏‏
Narrated Abu Hurayrah:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: It is not on my own that I give you or withhold from you: I am just a treasure, putting it where I have been commanded.
Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 2949
In-book : Book 20, Hadith 22
English translation : Book 19, Hadith 2943