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`Abdullah ibn Ja`far
276. al-Ghārāt –narrating from Habib ibn Abi Thābit: “`Abdullah ibn Ja`far, ibn Abu Tālib told Ali (a.s.): “O Commander of the Faithful! Give an order so that I am being helped or provided with an allowance. By God, I have nothing except that I sell some of the forages.”
‘Ali (a.s.) said: “No, I do not find anything [of a share] for you, except that you command your uncle to steal and give it to you!”1
5/15 – 5
The Imām’s Granddaughter
277. Ansāb al-Ashrāf – narrating from Muslim, the author of al-Hanā: “When Ali (a.s.) was through with the Battle of Jamal, he came to Kufa and entered the treasury…. Then the daughter of Hasan –or Husain- (a.s.) came in and took something from it.
He [Ali] (a.s.) went after her, opened her fist and took it back from her.”
We said: “O Commander of the Faithful! There is a right for her in the treasury!”
He said: “When her father receives his share, he can give her as much as he wishes.”2
1.. al-Ghārāt, vol. ۱, p. ۶۶, Sharh Nahj al-Balāghah, vol. ۲, p. ۲۰۰.
2.. Ansāb al-Ashrāf, vol. ۲, p. ۳۷۰.
