It is narrated from Hasan that Ziyad sent a message to Hakam bin Amr Ghafari, who was the governor of Khurasan, stating that the Commander of the Faithful says that gold and silver should be set aside for him and not distributed among the people. In reply, he wrote: I have received your letter in which you mentioned that the Commander of the Faithful has sent this message that gold and silver should be set aside for him, and before the letter of the Commander of the Faithful, I have read the Book of Allah. By Allah, if the heavens and the earth were completely closed upon a servant, and then he feared Allah, Allah would make a way out for him. And peace be upon you. Then he said to the people: Bring your wealth to me in the morning. So they brought it, and he distributed all that wealth among them.