Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ يَقُولُ أَنَا أَبُو حُمَيْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّ قَالَ اسْتَعْمَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْأَزْدِ يُقَالُ لَهُ ابْنُ اللُّتْبِيَّةِ عَلَى صَدَقَةٍ فَجَاءَ فَقَالَ هَذَا لَكُمْ وَهَذَا أُهْدِيَ لِي فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فَقَالَ مَا بَالُ الْعَامِلِ نَبْعَثُهُ فَيَجِيءُ فَيَقُولُ هَذَا لَكُمْ وَهَذَا أُهْدِيَ لِي أَفَلَا جَلَسَ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ فَيَنْظُرَ أَيُهْدَى إِلَيْهِ أَمْ لَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَا يَأْتِي أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنْهَا بِشَيْءٍ إِلَّا جَاءَ بِهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَى رَقَبَتِهِ إِنْ كَانَ بَعِيرًا لَهُ رُغَاءٌ أَوْ بَقَرَةً لَهَا خُوَارٌ أَوْ شَاةً تَيْعَرُ ثُمَّ رَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى رَأَيْنَا عُفْرَةَ يَدَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ هَلْ بَلَّغْتُ ثَلَاثًا وَزَادَ هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ قَالَ أَبُو حُمَيْدٍ سَمِعَ أُذُنِي وَأَبْصَرَ عَيْنِي وَسَلُوا زَيْدَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ.
English Translation
Urwah related that Abu Humayd al-Sa'idi said: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, appointed a man from the tribe of al-Azd called Ibn al-Lutbiyyah to collect the zakah. He came and said, "This is for you, and this was given to me as a gift." The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, stood on the pulpit and said, "What is the matter with an agent whom we send out, and he comes and says, 'This is for you, and this was given to me as a gift'? Why did he not sit in the house of his father and mother and see whether he would be given gifts or not? By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, none of you takes anything from it unlawfully but he will come with it on the Day of Resurrection carried upon his neck - if it is a camel, it will be groaning; if a cow, it will be bellowing; if a sheep, it will be bleating." Then he raised his hands until we saw the whiteness under his arms, and said, "O Allah, have I conveyed the message?" three times. Hisham b. Urwah added: Abu Humayd said, "My own ear heard it and my own eye saw it - ask Zayd b. Thabit."