Blessings in his Wealth

Hazrat Ali (ra) states:

“There was a time when I would have to tie a rock to my stomach due to excessive hunger. But today, my Sadaqah”, i.e. Zakat, “amounts to 4,000 dinars.”

In another narration, it is mentioned as 40,000 dinars.

Abu Bahr narrates an incident from his teacher, who said, “I saw Hazrat Ali (ra) wearing a thick lower garment. Hazrat Ali (ra) said that he had bought it for five dirhams and that he would sell it to anyone who would give him one-dirham profit on it.”

The narrator further states, “I saw a small pouch with money in the hands of Hazrat Ali (ra). Hazrat Ali (ra) said, ‘This is the revenue from my property in Yanbu.’”

Yanbu is a settlement which is situated at a distance of 7 manzils [a manzil is a unit of distance equal to one day’s travel] from Medina towards the coast.

The words:

اَللّٰهُ‭ ‬الْمَلِكُ‬ “Allah is the true Sovereign” was engraved on the ring of Hazrat Ali (ra).

(Ali Ibn al-Athir, Usdul Ghabah fi Ma‘rifatis Sahabah, Vol. 4, [Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, 2003], p. 97), (Ibn Saad, Al-Tabaqat-ul-Kubra, Vol. 3 ([Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Kutub al-Ilmiyyah, 1990], p.22), (Lughat al-Hadith, Vol. 4 [Lahore, Pakistan: Nu‘mani Kutub Khana, 2005], p. 613)