Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 10671
✧ What they said regarding the tax collector - does he make someone swear an oath or search them?
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حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ، عَنِ الزِّبْرِقَانِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَعْقِلٍ:
أَنَّهُ كَانَ عَلَى الْعُشُورِ، فَكَانَ يَسْتَحْلِفُهُمْ، فَمَرَّ بِهِ أَبُو وَائِلٍ، فَقَالَ: لِمَ تَسْتَحْلِفُ النَّاسَ عَلَى أَمْوَالِهِمْ تَرْمِي بِهِمْ فِي جَهَنَّمَ ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي لَوْ لَمْ أَسْتَحْلِفْهُمْ لَمْ يُعْطُوا شَيْئًا ! قَالَ: إِنَّهُمْ أَنْ لَا يُعْطُوكَ، خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ تَسْتَحْلِفَهُمْ
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That he was in charge of the tithes, and he used to make people swear oaths. Abu Wa'il passed by him and said: Why do you make people swear oaths about their wealth? You will send them to Hell! He said: If I did not make them swear, they would not give anything! He said: Their not giving you is better than your making them swear.
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