Taking bribes, paying them to a bribe recipient, and mediating between the two are forms of major sins. Proof for the foregoing is what was related by Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Al-Tir
…midhy, and Ibn Majah on the authority of `Abdullah ibn `Amr that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "May the Curse of Allah be upon the briber and the bribe recipient." Moreover,it was related by Ahmad, Al-Tirmidhy, and Al-Hakim on the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "May the Curse of Allah be upon the person who gives the bribe or receives it to change a judgment." Finally, it was related by Ahmad on the authority of Thawban (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "May the Curse of Allah be upon the briber, the bribe recipient, and the mediator between them." Found In: Imam Malik's Muwatta Chapter No: 33, Sharecropping Hadith no: 2 Narrated: Sulaiman bin Yasar Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Sulayman ibn Yasar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to send Abdullah ibn Rawaha to Khaybar, to assess the division of the fruit crop between him and the Jews of Khaybar. The Jews collected for Abdullah pieces of their women's jewellery and said to him, "This is yours. Go light on us and don't be exact in the division!" Abdullah ibn Rawaha said, "O tribe of Jews! By Allah! You are among the most hateful to me of Allah's creation, but it does not prompt me to deal unjustly with you. What you have offered as a bribe is forbidden. We will not touch it." They said (MORE) 
