Nahj al-Balāgha

Hadith 553
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ومن كلام له (عليه السلام) لمّا عوتب على تصييره الناس أسوة في العطاء من غير تفضيل إلى السابقات والشرف، قال:
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:
Source: al-Sharīf al-Raḍī

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