Hadith on Bribery
10 sayings
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May Allah curse one who gives a bribe, one who accepts it and one who acts as an agent between them
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Fifth Greater Sin ,page 159; Safinatul Behaar · permalink
Beware of bribe! It is nothing but disbelief. The one who is involved in bribe will not even smell the fragrance of Paradise.
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Fifth Greater Sin ,page 159; Safinatul Behaar · permalink
Hafsul Amr enquired from Imam Ali an-Naqi (a.s.): "The ruler has appointed agents to purchase our agricultural produce. Is it allowed for us to bribe those agents so that we may remain safe from the ruler's tyranny?"
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Fifth Greater Sin ,page 161; Wasaelush-Shia · permalink
Those are they for whom Allah does not desire that He should purify their hearts; they shall have disgrace in this world, and they shall have a grievous chastisement in the hereafter. (They are) listeners of a lie, devourers of what is forbidden. (Surah Maidah 5:41-42)
Greater Sins Vol 2, The Twenty-Fifth Greater Sin ,page 161 · permalink
Allah's curse is on the briber, the bribed, and the agent between them
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 1508; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 146 · permalink
Beware of bribery for verily it is sheer infidelity, and the briber will not even smell the fragrance of Paradise.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 104, p. 274, no. 12; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 146 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The ruin of your predecessors lay in the fact that they deprived people of their rights and subsequently resorted to buying them back, and they handled people using unethical means, which they followed.
Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 79; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 147 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
You know full well that he who is in charge of honour, people's lives, war booty, legal commandments and the leadership of the Muslims must not be a miser nor should he accept bribes whilst governing for he would forfeit their rights, and base his rulings upon them [the bribes] rather than proper judgment.
Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 131; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 147 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
said about Allah's verse in the Qur'an: "eaters of the unlawful"385, 'This refers to the man who fulfils a need for a fellow brother and then accepts a gift from him.'
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 104, p. 273, no. 5; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 147 · permalink
Accepting bribes as a judge or ruler is tantamount to disbelief in Allah.
al-Kafi, v. 7, p. 409, no. 2; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 147 · permalink