243. al-Jamal: [After the Battle of Jamal] Ali (a.s.) dismounted and summoned a group of his companions. They accompanied him to the treasury and entered it. He then sent for the Qur'ān reciters and called them in; he also summoned the treasurers and commanded them to open the doors behind which the assets were kept. When he saw the abundance of wealth, he said:
“This is my harvest, and the best of it.”
Then he distributed the wealth among his companions, who consisted of twelve thousand people, giving six thousand dirhams to each one of them. He took for himself the same amount as others. At this time, a man came in and said “O Commander of the Faithful! My name has been left out of your registers and I have faced a lot of problems.” Ali (a.s.) gave his own share to that man.¹

244. al-Ghārāt – narrating from al-Mughayra al-Âabbi: “The nobles of Kufa were dishonest to Ali (a.s.) and were inclined towards Mu`āwiya, as Ali (a.s.) did not grant anybody beyond their rights from the spoils. However, Mu`āwiya Ibn Abi Sufyān had allotted two thousand dirhams to each one of the chiefs.”²

245. Imām Ali (a.s.) – regarding a group of people in Madina who joined Mu`āwiya: “They have known justice, seen it, heard it and appreciated it. They have realized that according to us all people are equal in rights, but they ran away to selfishness and partiality. Let them be far away (from God’s Mercy).”³

See 6/1 (Social Policies: Establishing Justice).

243. الجمل: ثُمَّ نَزَلَ [بَعدَ وَقعَةِ الجَمَلِ[، وَاستَدعى جَماعَةً مِن أصحابِهِ، فَمَشَوا مَعَهُ حَتّى دَخَلَ بَيتَ المالِ، وأرسَلَ إلَى القُرّاءِ فَدَعاهُم، ودَعَا الخُزّانَ، وأمَرَهُم بِفَتحِ الأَبوابِ الَّتي داخِلُهَا المالُ، فَلَمّا رَأى كَثرَةَ المالِ قالَ:
هذا جَنايَ وخِيارُهُ فيه
ثُمَّ قَسَمَ المالَ بَينَ أصحابِهِ، فَأَصابَ كُلَّ رَجُلٍ مِنهُم سِتَّةَ آلافِ دِرهَمٍ، وكانَ أصحابُهُ اثنَي عَشَرَ ألفاً، وأخَذَ هُوَ علیه السلام كَأَحَدِهِم. فَبَينا هُم عَلى تِلكَ الحالَةِ إذ أتاهُ آتٍ، فَقالَ: يا أميرَ المُؤمِنينَ، إنَّ اسمي سَقَطَ مِن كِتابِكَ، وقَد رَأَيتُ مِنَ البَلاءِ ما رَأَيتُ! فَدَفَعَ سَهمَهُ إلى ذلِكَ الرَّجُلِ.¹

244. الغارات عن المغيرة الضَّبّيّ: كانَ أشرافُ أهلِ الكوفَةِ غاشّينَ لِعَلِيٍّ علیه السلام، وكانَ هَواهُم مَعَ مُعاوِيَةَ؛ وذلِكَ أنَّ عَليّاً كانَ لا يُعطي أحَداً مِنَ الفَيءِ أكثَرَ مِن حَقِّهِ، وكانَ مُعاوِيَةُ بنُ أبي سُفيانٍ جَعَلَ الشَّرَفَ في العَطاءِ ألفَي دِرهَمٍ.²

245. عنه علیه السلام ـ في قَومٍ مِن أهلِ المَدينَةِ لَحِقوا بِمُعاوِيَةَ ـ: قَد عَرَفُوا العَدلَ ورَأَوهُ وسَمِعوهُ ووَعَوهُ، وعَلِموا أنَّ النّاسَ عِندَنا في الحَقِّ اُسوَةٌ، فَهَرَبوا إلَى الأَثَرَةِ، فَبُعداً لَهُم وسُحقاً.³

راجع: موسوعة الإمام عليّ بن أبي طالب علیه السلام: ص 481 (إقامة العدل).