Hadith 17

Balagah)’ –
‘I-asws am a leader of the Momineen-asws and the wealth is leader of the immoral’’. [156]
(The book) ‘Nahj (Al Balagah)’ –
And it was said to him-asws, ‘By which thing did you-asws overcome the adversaries? ’ He-asws said: ‘I-asws did not meet anyone (in battle) except he assisted me-asws against himself’’. [157]
(The book) ‘Nahj (Al Balagah)’ –
‘And he-asws said to his-asws son Muhammad: ‘O my-asws son! I-asws fear the poverty upon you, so seek Refuge with Allah-azwj from it, for the poverty is a reducer of the religion, perplexing to the intellect, caller to the hateful ones’’. [158]
Kitab Al Gharaat of Ibrahim Al Saqafy – By his chain from Al Zahhak Bin Muazhim, ‘From Ali-asws having said: ‘My-asws friend Rasool-Allah-saww did not withhold anything (public wealth) for the next day, and Abu Bakr used to do like that, and Umar had views regarding that to register the registers, and delayed the wealth to the year, and as for I-asws, I-asws am doing like what my-asws friend Rasool-Allah-saww had done’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And Ali-asws used to give them from the Friday to the Friday, and during his-asws giving them, he-asws said (a couplet): ‘This is my-asws collection and my-asws choice in it, when every side has his hand in it’’[159]. And by the chain from Mujamie Al Taymi, ‘Ali-asws used to empty the public treasury, then increase (more than the Obligated share) during it, and he-asws said: ‘Testify for me-asws on the Day of Qiyamah, I-asws did not withhold from the Muslims any wealth to be in you’’. [160]
And from Aasim Bin Kuleyb, from his father who said, ‘Wealth came to Ali-asws from Isfahan, so he-asws distributed it. He-asws found a loaf of bread in it, so he-asws broke it into seven pieces, then made a piece to be upon every segment (for the distribution). Then he called seven commanders and drew lots between them, which of them should be given first. And the (number of) tribes of Al-Kufa in those days was seven’’. [161]
And from Abdul Rahman Bin Ajlan, from the one who narrated it who said, ‘Ali-asws used to distribute the seeds (cereal, beans, cumin seeds, etc. )’’. [162]
And from Ja’far Bin Amro Bin Hureys, from his father, ‘Dihqan sent to Ali-asws clothes of brocade woven in gold. Amro Bin Hureys bought it from him-asws for four thousand Dirhams, to (go) to the awards (distribution)’’. [163]
And from Yazeed Bin Mihjan Al Taymi who said, ‘Ali-asws brought out a sword of his-asws. He-asws said: ‘Who will buy this sword from me-asws? By the One-azwj in Whose Hand is my-asws soul! Even if I-asws had the price (money) for a trouser, I-asws would not sell it’’. [164]
And from Abu Raja’a, ‘Ali-asws brought a sword of his-asws to the market and said: ‘Who will buy this from me-asws? If I-asws had with me-asws the price (money) for a trouser, I-asws would not sell it’. Abu Raja’a said, ‘I said to him-asws, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! I shall sell you-asws a trouser and delay its price up t