Allah Mtukufu anasema, {Wala msiyale mali yenu baina yenu kwa batili, wala msiitoe kwa mahakimu ili mpate kula sehemu ya mali ya watu kwa dhambi, nanyi mnajua.} (Al-Baqarah: 188)

Allah Most High says, {And do not eat up your property among yourselves for vanities, nor use it as a bait for the judges, with intent that ye may eat up wrongfully and knowingly a little of (other) people's property.} (Al-Baqarah: 188)

Waislamu wamekatazwa kumhonga hakimu au afisa wa umma ili kupata kwa dhulma uamuzi unaowafaa wao wenyewe dhidi ya mpinzani wao, au kula mali ya wengine kwa njia isiyo halali, huku wakiwa wanajua katazo la kitendo hicho.

Muslims are prohibited to bribe a judge or a public officer to unfairly obtain a decision in favor of one's self against a rival or to unlawfully consume the property of others while they are aware of the prohibition of this act.

Kutoka kwa Abu Hurairah (Allah amridhie), kwamba Mtume wa Allah ﷺ alisema: "Laana ya Allah imshukie anayetoa rushwa na hakimu anayeipokea."

On the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, "Allah's curse is on the one who offers the bribe and on the judge who accepts it.” 1

Kwa mamlaka ya 'Abdullah Ibn 'Amr (Allah amridhike naye), alisema: "Mtume wa Allah ﷺ amemlaani mtoaji wa rushwa na mpokeaji wake."2

On the authority of 'Abdullah Ibn 'Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) that, "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) cursed the one who offers the bribe and the one who receives it.”2

Hata hivyo, wanazuoni wa Kiislamu wanathibitisha kwamba rushwa ni haramu pale inapolenga kula mali au haki za watu kwa dhuluma. Kwa hiyo, ikiwa mtu anajikuta katika hali ambayo njia zote za kurekebisha dhuluma aliyofanyiwa, au kurejesha haki yake iliyopotea, zimefungwa isipokuwa kwa kutoa rushwa, dhambi yake haitakuwa juu yake, bali itakuwa juu ya anayepokea rushwa hiyo.

However, the Muslim scholars affirm that bribery is prohibited when it is aimed at consuming other's property or rights unfairly. Thus, if someone finds himself in a situation in which all avenues of redressing a wrong done him, or recovering a right which has been forfeited, are blocked except through the payment of a bribe, the sin of it will not be on him but on the recipient of the bribe.

Hadithi nyingine inaeleza kwamba "Mjumbe wa Allah (ﷺ) alimlaani pia yule anayepanga malipo ya rushwa." Zaidi ya hayo, yale yaliyotajwa hapo juu kuhusu hukumu ya mtoaji rushwa yanamhusu pia mpangaji, yaani, ikiwa lengo ni kupata haki, basi hatakuwa na dhambi; na kinyume chake pia ni kweli.

Another narration of the hadith explains that "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) cursed also the one who arranges for the payment of a bribe. " Furthermore, what is mentioned above concerning the ruling of the one who offers a bribe applies to the one who arranges it, i.e., if it is aimed at obtaining fair ends, he would be sinless; and vice versa.

Zawadi kwa maafisa ni aina ya rushwa. Abu Umamah Al-Bahli (radhi za Allah ziwe juu yake) amesema kwamba Mtume wa Allah ﷺ alisema: "Yeyote anayemwombea ndugu yake, kisha akampa zawadi, basi hiyo si kitu kingine isipokuwa riba kubwa mno."

Gifts to officials are a form of bribery. Abu Umamah AI-Bahli (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, "Whoever intercedes on behalf of his brother and therefore he offers him a gift, it would be nothing other than a grievous usury.” 3

Ibn Mas'ud (radhiya Allahu anhu) alisema, "Kukubali zawadi kutoka kwa ndugu yako kwa sababu ya kutimiza haja yake ni maana halisi ya kula mambo yaliyoharamishwa." Siku moja Masruq alimwomba Ibn Ziyad amsaidie kuondoa dhuluma aliyofanyiwa. Baada ya kumsaidia, Masruq alimpa Ibn Ziyad mtumwa kama zawadi. Ibn Ziyad naye alikataa zawadi hiyo akisema, "Nimemsikia Ibn Mas'ud akisema, 'Ni haramu zawadi inayotolewa kwa sababu ya kuondoa dhuluma kwa Muislamu.'" Ndipo akauliza, "Ee Abu Abd al-Rahman! Je, rushwa haizuiwi tu kwa kutoa rushwa kwa majaji?" Naye akajibu, "Hii ya mwisho ni aina ya Shirk (kushirikisha)."1

Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "To accept a gift from your brother because of fulfilling his need is the precise meaning of consuming the forbidden things." Once Masruq asked Ibn Zyad to assist him in removing a wrong inflicted upon him. Having assisted him, Masruq offered Ibn Zyad a slave as a gift. Zyad, on his part, rejected the gift saying, "I have heard Ibn Mas'ud say, 'Forbidden is the gift offered because of removing a wrong from a Muslim.) "He wondered, "O Abu' Abd AI-Rahman! Is not bribery restricted to offering a bribe to judges!" He replied, "This latter is a form of Shirk (association).”1

Mara moja, mwanaume mmoja Mkristo alimwendea Imamu Abi 'Amr Al-Awza'i (Allah amrehemu), ambaye alikuwa akiishi Beirut, akilalamika juu ya mtawala wa Ba'labak, akimwomba amtumie mtawala barua ya kumwamuru aache kumdhulumu mwanaume huyo Mkristo. Hata hivyo, mwanaume Mkristo alikuja na chupa ya asali kama zawadi kwa Abi 'Amr. Basi, Abi 'Amr alisema, "Ukipenda, nitakataa zawadi yako na kumtumia mtawala wa Ba'labak barua ya kumwamuru aache kukudhulumu; na ukipenda, nitapokea zawadi yako." Imamu Abi 'Amr alimtumia mtawala wa Ba'labak barua ya kupunguza kiasi cha Kharaj (kodi ya ardhi) anachotozwa Mkristo huyo. Kwa hiyo, Mkristo alichukua barua na chupa yake ya asali, akasafiri hadi kwa mtawala wa Ba'labak. Baada ya kusoma barua ya Abi 'Amr, mtawala alipunguza dirhamu 30 kutoka Kharaj ya mwanaume huyo Mkristo.

Once, a Christian man came to Imam Abi 'Amr AI-Awza'i (may Allah bestow mercy on him), who was living in Beirut, complaining of the ruler of Ba'labak and asking him to send to the ruler ordering him to stop from doing wrong to the Christian man. However, the Christian man brought with him a bottle of honey as a gift to Abi 'Amr. Therefore, Abi 'Amr commented, "If you wish I would refuse your gift and send to the ruler of Ba'labak ordering him to stop from oppressing you; and if you wish I would accept your gift. Imam' Abi 'Amr send to the ruler of Ba'labak to reduce the amount of Kharaj (land-tax) from the Christian. Consequently, the Christian took the letter and his bottle of honey and traveled to the ruler of Ba'labak. Having read the letter of Abi ' Amr, the ruler reduced 30 Dirhams from Kharaj of the Christian man.