283. Fadā'il al-Sahāba – narrating from al-A`mash: “Ali (a.s.) used to have breakfast and dinner and eat from what was brought to him from Madina.”¹

284. al-Ghārāt – narrating from Bakr ibn `Isā: “Imām ‘Ali (a.s.) would say: “O Kufans! If I leave you with something other than my mount, my travelling apparatus and my servant, then I am a traitor!’” His income came to him from his products from Yanbu` in Madina.”²

285. al-Jamal – narrating from Abu Mikhnaf Lut ibn Yahyā on the authority of his narrators: “When the Commander of the Faithful decided to set out for Kufa, he stood up among the people of Basra and said: “O People of Basra! By which do you want to criticize me for?” He pointed to his clothes and said: “By God, these [two pieces of clothes] are made from my wife’s spinning. How can you criticize me, O People of Basra?” He pointed to a bag in his hand which contained his income and he then said: “By God, this is from my crops in Madina, so if I leave you and you see more than what is with me, then I will be among the traitors in the eyes of God.”³

286. Tārikh Dimashq – narrating from `Antara: “I went to visit Ali (a.s.) in the region of Khuwarnaq⁴ and he was wearing an old garment and shivering. I said: “O Commander of the Faithful! God has allotted a share for you and your family in this wealth and you are treating yourself like this?” He said: “By God, I would not take anything from yours, and this is but the garment that I took from my house (or he said, ‘from Madina’).”⁵

283. فضائل الصحابة لابن حنبل عن الأعمش: كانَ عَلِيٌّ يُغَدّي ويُعَشّي، ويَأكُلُ هُوَ مِن شَيءٍ يَجيؤُهُ مِنَ المَدينَةِ.¹

284. الغارات عن بكر بن عيسى: كانَ عَلِيٌّ علیه السلام يَقولُ: يا أهلَ الكوفَةِ! إذا أنَا خَرَجتُ مِن عِندِكُم بِغَيرِ رَحلي وراحِلَتي وغُلامي فَأَنَا خائِنٌ. وكانَت نَفَقَتُهُ تَأتيهِ مِن غَلَّتِهِ بِالمَدينَةِ مِن يَنبُعَ .²

285. الجمل عن أبي مِخنَف لوط بن يَحيى عن رِجاله: لَمَّا أرادَ أميرُ المُؤمِنينَ علیه السلام التَّوَجُّهَ إلَى الكوفَةِ قامَ في أهلِ البَصرَةِ فَقالَ: ما تَنقِمونَ عَلَيَّ يا أهلَ البَصرَةِ؟ وأشارَ إلى قَميصِهِ وَرِدائِهِ فَقالَ: وَاللهِ إنَّهُما لَمِن غَزلِ أهلي.
ما تَنقِمونَ مِنّي يا أهلَ البَصرَةِ؟ وأشارَ إلى صُرَّة في يَدِهِ فيها نَفَقَتُهُ فَقالَ: وَاللهِ ما هِيَ إلّا مِن غَلَّتي بِالمَدينَةِ؛ فَإِن أنَا خَرَجتُ مِن عِندِكُم بِأَكثَرَ مِمّا تَرَونَ فَأَنَا عِندَ اللهِ مِنَ الخائِنينَ.³

286. تاريخ دمشق عن عَنتَرَة: دَخَلتُ عَلى عَلِيٍّ بِالخَوَرنَقِ⁴ وعَلَيهِ سَمَلُ⁵ قَطيفَةٍ وهُوَ يُرعَدُ فيها، فَقُلتُ: يا أميرَ المُؤمِنينَ، إنَّ اللهَ قَد جَعَلَ لَكَ ولاَِهلِ بَيتِكَ في هذَا المالِ نَصيباً وأنتَ تَفعَلُ هذا بِنَفسِكَ! قالَ: فَقالَ: إنّي وَاللهِ ما أرزُؤُكُم شَيئاً، وما هِيَ إلّا قَطيفَتِي الَّتي أخرَجتُها⁶ مِن بَيتي ـ أو قالَ: مِنَ المَدينَةِ ـ.⁷