Umar bin Khattab appointed me to collect the zakat. When I had finished and handed it over to him, he ordered that I be given a payment for my work.I said to him, "I worked for the sake of Allah
, and my reward is with Allah
."He replied, "Take what I give you, for I myself served in this role during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and I said to him what you have just said to me. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ told me, 'When you are given something without asking for it, then eat from it and give in charity.'"
أخبرنا قتيبة قال حدثنا الليث عن بكير عن بسر بن سعيد
استعملني عمر بن الخطاب رضي الله عنه على الصدقة فلما فرغت منها فأديتها إليه أمر لي بعمالة فقلت له إنما عملت لله عز وجل وأجري على الله عز وجل فقال خذ ما أعطيتك فإني قد عملت على عهد رسول الله ﷺ فقلت له مثل قولك فقال لي رسول الله ﷺ إذا أعطيت شيئا من غير أن تسأل فكل وتصدق
Muslim narrated it, Zakat, Chapter on the permissibility of taking without asking or seeking, hadith 1045/104, from Qutayba, from him, and it is in Kubra, hadith 2385. Layth is Ibn Saad, and Bukayr is Ibn Abdullah bin Ashaj. See the following hadith.