269. Tārikh Dimashq – narrating from `Abdullah ibn Abi Sufyān: “One of the chiefs of the villages in the region of Sawād (in Iraq) brought a cotton garment to me as a gift and he presented similar garments to Hasan and Husain (a.s.). Then when Ali (a.s.) proceeded to give the Friday Sermon in al-Madā'in, he saw Hasan and Husain (a.s.) wearing the garments. He sent someone to me and Hasan and Husain (a.s.) to ask [us] where the garments were from.
`Abdullah ibn Abi Sufyān replied: “One of the chiefs of the villages in the region of Sawād sent these garments [as gifts] to me and Husain (a.s.).”
He went on to say: “‘Ali (a.s.) took them from us and put them in the treasury.”1
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Umm Kulthum
270. al-Ikhtisās: “A gift from the sea was brought for Ali (a.s.) from Basra whose price was not known, so his daughter Umm Kulthum said to him: “O Commander of the Faithful! Will you give it to me to wear it around my neck as ornament?”
The Imām said: “O Abu Rāfi`! Put it in the Treasury! It is impossible, except when all Muslim women have one like that.”2
271. Al-Musannaf – narrated by Abu Rāfi` who was Ali’s (a.s.) treasurer: “I gave Ali’s (a.s.) daughter a pearl from the Treasury, of which the Commander of the Faithful had knowledge, to ornament herself with. He saw it on her and he asked: “Where did she get this from? I am responsible in front of God to cut off her hand.”
Abu Rāfi` said: “When I found out about this, I said: ‘O Commander of the Faithful! I gave it to my brother’s daughter, otherwise where could she have gotten it from?” When he heard this, he kept silent.”3
1.. Tārikh Dimashq, vol. ۴۲, p. ۴۷۸ “Tarjumat al-Imām Ali (a.s.)” researched by Muhammad Bāqir al-Mahmudi” (vol. ۳, p. ۱۸۲, h. ۱۲۲۳).
2.. al-Ikhtisās, p. ۱۵۱, Bihār al-Anwār, vol. ۴۰, p. ۱۰۶.
3.. al-Musannaf fi al-Ahādith wa al-Athār, vol. ۷, p. ۶۲۲, h. ۶, Tārikh al-Tabari, vol. ۵, p.۱۵۶.
