Hazrat Ikrimah says that there is no harm in accepting gifts from governors.

Hazrat A’mash narrates that Ibrahim went to a governor, and the governor gave him gifts and made him ride on a mount. Ibrahim accepted everything.

Hazrat Abu Ja'far says that there is no harm in accepting gifts from officials.

Hazrat Aamir says that there is no harm in officials accepting gifts.

Hazrat Humaid narrates that Ibn Hubaira sent gifts to Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) and Hazrat Bakr. Both of them accepted, but when he sent gifts to Muhammad, he did not accept them.

Hazrat Habib narrates that a man sent a gift to Hazrat Zarr. He asked the messenger whether he had sent this gift to every Muslim. The man replied in the negative, and Hazrat Zarr refused to accept it and recited this verse: { کَلاَّ إِنَّہَا لَظَی نَزَّاعَۃً لِلشَّوَی }

Hazrat Ibn Mina reports that Abdul Aziz bin Marwan sent a gift to Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them), and he accepted it. He also sent a gift to Hazrat Abdullah bin Ayyash, but he did not accept it.

Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) says that there is no harm in accepting gifts from workers; it is their trade and work, and they give you from their lawful wealth.

Ibrahim says that if I go to any official and he gives me some gifts, I will accept them; it is like the treasury (Bayt al-Mal) in which all kinds of wealth, good and bad, come. When a messenger comes to you with a gift for a sinful act, there is no good in that gift, but if he brings a gift for a permissible act, then there is no harm in that gift.

Hazrat Aamir bin Huzaym narrates that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) gave him a gift of one thousand dinars.