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Qudāma ibn `Ajlān
129. Imām Ali (a.s.) –in his letter to Qudāma ibn `Ajlān, his administrator in Kaskar:1 “ Send back to me what is in your possession from wealth of God as it belongs to the Muslims and your share of it is no more that the share of one of them. O son of the mother of Qudāma! Do not suppose that the riches of Kaskar are permissible to you like what you have inherited from your parents. So hasten to return the property and be quick to come back to me as well, God willing!”2
See: The Encyclopedia of Amir al-Mu'minin: (Qudāma Ibn `Ajlān).
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Masqala ibn Hubayra
130. Imām Ali (a.s.) –in his letter to Masqala ibn Hubayra: “I have been informed about a matter which is indeed horrible, if you have done it. I have been informed that you have distributed the property of Muslims among some of the Bedouins of the Bakr ibn Wā'il tribe who have asked you for
favor and benevolence. By God who split the seed and created the living beings and encompasses all things in knowledge, if this is true you will become low in my view. Therefore do not treat lightly the obligations of your Lord and do not reform your world by ruining your religion, or else you will be among those who are: “the biggest losers in regard to works; those whose endeavor goes awry in life of the world, while they suppose they are doing good.”34
1.. A big city in Iraq located between Kufa and Basra, close to `Amārah and Kut.
2.. Ansāb al-Ashrāf, vol. ۲, p. ۳۸۸.
3.. Qur'ān, ۱۸: ۱۰۳ – ۴.
4.. Ansāb al-Ashrāf, vol. ۲, p. ۳۸۹. Nahj al-Balāghah, Letter ۴۳.
