235. Ansāb al-Ashrāf – narrating from Mus`ab: “Ali (a.s.) distributed everything among us; he even distributed perfume among our wives.”1
236. Ansāb al-Ashrāf – narrating from Hārith: “I heard Ali (a.s.) say in his sermon: ‘We ordered to give red garments and needles to the Muhājirin women.’ [Hārith says:] “He had taken the needles as poll tax (jizya) from a group of Jews.”2
237. Fada'il al-Sahāba – narrating from Fadāla ibn `Abd al-Malik, on the authority of Karima, daughter of Humām al-Tābiya: “Ali (a.s.) distributed red garments among us in Kufa.” Fadāla said: “We construed it as justice from him (a.s.).”3
238. Al-Manāqib – narrating from Hakim ibn Aws: “Ali (a.s.) would send [leather] containers of honey to us to be distributed among us. He would then order the containers to be licked (cleaned). Several times fruits were brought to him and he ordered them to be sold and the money deposited in the treasury.”4
239. Tārikh Dimashq – narrating from Kulayb: “Some wealth was brought to Ali (a.s.) from Isfahan. He divided it into seven portions and found some bread in it and he also divided that bread into seven parts and allocated each part to one of the portions. He then called the chiefs of the tribes and drew lots among them to decide who to receive his portion first.”5
1.. Ansāb al-Ashrāf, vol. ۲, p. ۳۷۴.
2.. Ibid.
3.. Fada'il al-Sahāba, vol. ۱, p. ۵۴۷, h. ۹۲۰, Dhakhā'ir al-`Uqbā, p. ۱۹۱, al-Riyād al-Nadra, vol. ۳, p. ۲۲۱.
4.. Manāqib Ali ibn Abi Tālib, vol. ۲, p. ۱۱۱, Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۴۱, p. ۱۱۷, h. ۲۴.
5.. Tārikh Dimashq, vol. ۴۲, p. ۴۷۶, Fadā'l al-Sahāba, vol. ۱, p. ۵۴۵, h. ۹۱۳.
