Hadith 49

(The book) ‘Jamie Al Akhbar’ –
‘A Badouin came to Ali-asws and said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! I am seized by three illnesses – illness of the self (body), and illness of the poverty, and illness of the ignorance’. Amir Al-Momineen-asws answered and said: ‘O Arab brother! The illness of the self (body), you should present it to the physician, and illness of the ignorance, you should present it to the knowledgeable one, and illness of the poverty, you should present it to the benevolent’. The Bedouin said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen-asws! You-asws are the benevolent, and you-asws are the knowledgeable one, and you-asws are the physician! ’
Amir Al-Momineen-asws ordered that he be given three thousand Dirhams from the public treasury and said: ‘Spend a thousand for the illness of the self (body), and a thousand for the illness of the ignorance, and a thousand for the illness of the poverty’’. [92]
I (Majlisi) am saying, ‘It is reported by the Seyyid Bin Tawoos in (the book) ‘Kashf Al Mahjah’, from one of the books of the virtues, ‘Ali-asws said: ‘I-asws married (Syeda) Fatima-asws and there was no bed for me-asws, and my-asws charities of today, if it had been distributed upon the (entire) clan of Hashim-as, if would have sufficed them’. And he said regarding him-asws that he-asws had designated his-asws wealth, and it was a yield of forty thousand Dinars, and he-asws sold his-asws sword and said: ‘Who will buy my-asws sword? And had there been any dinner with me, I-asws would not sell it! ’ And he said regarding him-asws, ‘He-asws said once: ‘Who will buy my-asws such and such sword? And had there been the price of a trouser with me-asws, I-asws would not be selling it! ’ He said, ‘And he-asws was doing this, and his-asws yield was forty thousand Dinars was from his-asws charities’’. [93]