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elatives anything of it. The proof of that is the conduct of Allah’s Apostle, may Allah bless him and
his family. That was when his only dear daughter the mistress of the women of the world, Fatima,
the chaste, peace be on her. She asked him to grant her a servant to serve her with the affairs of
her house, for her hands blistered because of the hand mill. However, he answered he generously
and asked her to glorify, praise, and magnify Allah.
Through that, he, may Allah bless him and his family, gave a lesson to those who undertake the
affairs of the Muslims, that they may take precautionary measures in respect with their properties
and do not spend any of them on things other than their interests.
This luminous policy was followed by Imam ‘Ali, the Commander of the faithful, testamentary
trustee of Allah’s Apostle, may Allah bless him and his family, and gate of the city of his
knowledge. An example of that, his brother ‘Aqeel was afflicted with neediness and poverty. He
took his children, who were shaggy and dust‐colored out of misery, whose face were black as if
that they were blackened by darkness, as the Imam, peace be on him, said. So he went to him, but
the Imam prevented and blamed him. Such a way was useless, and he insisted on asking him.
Accordingly, the Imam showed him the Islamic justice. He heated a piece of iron and drew it
nearer to his body, so he cried because of its heat with the crying of one who suffered from a
serious illness. This hot piece of iron was about to burn ‘Aqeel, so he left in terror and sadness.
The Imam did that to show the world that the public treasury belonged to the Muslims, and that
the president of the state had no right to spend it according to his wishes and his low desires.
When the companions of Imam ‘Ali came to know that money played an important role in
attracting great part of people, they asked him to change his policy in respect with distributing
money, that he might singled out the nobility and the notable men with part of it. They said to
him: “Commander of the faithful, give these properties. Give preference to this nobility from
among the ‘Arabs and Quraysh and include the people whose opposition you fear.”
However, the Imam, peace be on him, answered them with the words of justice and truth: “Do
you order me to seek victory through tyranny? If the money belonged to me, I would equally
divide it among them. Just imagine how much more (one should be just) when the money belongs
to Allah!”
This is the precept of Islam in respect with the properties of the Muslims. They belong to them all.
It is not permissible for the head of the state to spend them lavishly on his wishes and low desires
and strengthening his authority. Islam has ordered them to be spent on: 1. The deprived, the
orphans, the widows, and the disable. Therefore, it is incumbent on the state to specify for them
part of the public treasury, that they may lead a pleasant life and are free from need to that which
in the hand of men.
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