Hazrat Antarah, may Allah have mercy on him, says that my father was a friend of Qanbar. He says: I went with Qanbar to Hazrat Ali, may Allah be pleased with him. He (Qanbar) said: O Commander of the Faithful! Get up! Come with me. Indeed, I have kept some wealth hidden for you, may Allah be pleased with you. He, may Allah be pleased with him, went with him to his house. There was a basket filled with gold and silver. He said: O Commander of the Faithful! Indeed, you, may Allah be pleased with you, do not leave anything except that you distribute it or spend it. Upon this, he, may Allah be pleased with him, drew his sword and said: Destruction! Do you want to bring such a great fire into my house! Then, in his distraction, he, may Allah be pleased with him, straightened his sword and struck the basket, so that half and a third of it scattered between the broken vessels. He, may Allah be pleased with him, said: Call the supervisors to me. So they came. He, may Allah be pleased with him, said: Divide this wealth into portions. They did so, and he, may Allah be pleased with him, was saying: O gold and silver! Deceive someone other than me. And he, may Allah be pleased with him, was also reciting this verse: "This is my produce, and its best is in it, for every harvester puts his hand to his mouth." The narrator says: There were small and large needles in the treasury, which he, may Allah be pleased with him, used to collect from people as tax, according to the labor of their hands. He, may Allah be pleased with him, said to the supervisors: Distribute them. They said: We do not need to distribute them. He, may Allah be pleased with him, said: By Him in Whose hand is my soul, we will surely distribute this wealth along with its evil.

Hazrat Umm ‘Affan (may Allah be pleased with her), who was the umm walad of Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), narrates: I came to Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) while there was a clove-colored necklace lying in the courtyard before him. I said: O Commander of the Faithful! Please gift this clove-colored necklace to my daughter. He (may Allah be pleased with him) gestured with his hand: This one? I drew near to the dirham. He (may Allah be pleased with him) said: This is the wealth of the Muslims, but be patient until our share from it comes to us, then we will gift this necklace to your daughter.

Hazrat Abu Salih, may Allah have mercy on him, who used to serve Hazrat Umm Kulthum bint Ali, may Allah be pleased with her, narrates that Hazrat Umm Kulthum, may Allah be pleased with her, said: O Abu Salih! What would your condition have been if you had seen the Commander of the Faithful in such a state that oranges were brought to him, and in the meantime Hazrat Hasan, may Allah be pleased with him, or Hazrat Husain, may Allah be pleased with him, came and took one of the oranges? So he, may Allah be pleased with him, snatched that orange from their hand. And he, may Allah be pleased with him, ordered and those oranges were immediately distributed among the people?!

Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that a man asked the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) for a bridle made of hair from the spoils of war. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He is asking me for a bridle of fire. And it is not appropriate for you to ask me for this, nor is it appropriate for me to give it to you.

Hazrat Qais bin Abi Hazim Ahmas, may Allah have mercy on him, narrates that a man brought a cloth made of hair from the spoils of war to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: O Messenger of Allah! Grant me this as a gift, for I have a household and I will use it to treat hair. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Whatever my share is from it, it will be yours.

Hazrat Ubaidullah bin Abi Rafi’ (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that his grandfather Hazrat Rafi’ (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I was the treasurer of Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). I put a pearl necklace from the wealth on his (may Allah be pleased with him) daughter, which he (may Allah be pleased with him) recognized. When he (may Allah be pleased with him) saw this necklace on her, he said: Where did this come to her from? Surely Allah, the Lord of Honor, has made it obligatory upon me that I cut off her hand. The narrator says: When I saw this situation, I said: O Commander of the Faithful! I had put this necklace on my niece, otherwise how could she have had the power to do so? When he (may Allah be pleased with him) saw this matter, he (may Allah be pleased with him) remained silent.

Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Ajlan Al-Barjami (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that his grandmother said: Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to distribute spices among us along with their clusters. Clusters of cumin and clusters of mustard seeds, in such and such quantity.

Hazrat Rabee’ bin Hassan (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that my mother said: Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to distribute turmeric and saffron among us. And once Hazrat Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) entered the room and saw scattered grains, so he (may Allah be pleased with him) began to gather them and was saying: O family of Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)! You have become satiated!

35116 - (He said) (1): Ali once entered the room and saw scattered grain (2), so he began ⦗310⦘ picking it up and saying: You have eaten your fill, O family of Ali (3).

Hazrat Sufyan bin Saeed bin Ubaid, may Allah have mercy on him, narrates from one of his teachers that pomegranates were brought to Hazrat Ali, may Allah be pleased with him. So he, may Allah be pleased with him, distributed them among the people, and our mosque received seven or eight pomegranates.