Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 32677 — Reports on talk about rulers

Abu Iyas Mu'awiyah bin Qurrah said: I was staying with Amr bin al-Nu'man bin Muqarrin. When the month of Ramadan came, a man came to him from Mus'ab bin al-Zubayr with dirhams and said: "The Amir sends you his greetings of peace and says: We have not deprived any noble reciter of kindness from our side. Take these two thousand dirhams and use them to help with the expenses of this month." Amr replied: "Convey my greetings of peace to the Amir and tell him: By Allah! We did not recite the Qur'an with the intention of gaining this world." Having said this, he returned the dirhams.