حَدَّثَنَا
قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ
مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُوقَةَ ، عَنْ
مُنْذِرٍ ، عَنْ
ابْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ ، قَالَ : لَوْ كَانَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ذَاكِرًا عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ذَكَرَهُ يَوْمَ جَاءَهُ نَاسٌ فَشَكَوْا سُعَاةَ عُثْمَانَ ، فَقَالَ لِي
عَلِيٌّ : " اذْهَبْ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ ، فَأَخْبِرْهُ أَنَّهَا صَدَقَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَمُرْ سُعَاتَكَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِيهَا فَأَتَيْتُهُ بِهَا ، فَقَالَ : أَغْنِهَا عَنَّا ، فَأَتَيْتُ بِهَا عَلِيًّا فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ ، فَقَالَ : ضَعْهَا حَيْثُ أَخَذْتَهَا " ،
Narrated Ibn Al-Hanafiya: If `Ali had spoken anything bad about `Uthman then he would have mentioned the day when some persons came to him and complained about the Zakat officials of `Uthman. `Ali then said to me, "Go to `Uthman and say to him, 'This document contains the regulations of spending the Sadaqa of Allah's Apostle so order your Zakat officials to act accordingly." I took the document to `Uthman. `Uthman said, "Take it away, for we are not in need of it." I returned to `Ali with it and informed him of that. He said, "Put it whence you took it."