Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 32648 — Reports on talk about rulers

Abbad said: Al-Mukhtar came to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) with wealth from al-Mada'in, and his uncle Sa'd bin Mas'ud was the governor over al-Mada'in. The narrator said: He placed the wealth before him, and there was a red cloth over it. He put his hand into it and took out a purse containing about 1,500 dirhams, and said: "These are the wages of prostitutes." Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "We have no need of the wages of prostitutes." He said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) then ordered that the wealth of al-Mada'in be placed in the public treasury. When al-Mukhtar had left, he said: "May Allah Almighty destroy him! If his chest were split open, it would be found full of the love of al-Lat and al-Uzza."