In response to the objections to the equal distribution of shares from the treasury

When Amīr al-mu’minīn was spoken ill of for showing equality in the distribution (of shares from Bayt al-mal or the Muslim Public Treasury) he said:

Do you command me that I should seek support by oppressing those over whom I have been placed? By Allāh, I won’t do so as long as the world goes on, and as long as one star leads another in the sky. Even if it were my…