Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla said that he heard Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) saying: I, Abbas, Fatimah and Zayd bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with them) were gathered with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! I have grown old, my bones have become weak, and hardship has overtaken me. If you see fit, order such-and-such wasqs of food for me. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered it. Then Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! You know my position and my condition; if you see fit, give me something too, as you did for your uncle. He (peace and blessings be upon him) gave to Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) as well. Then Zayd bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! You had given me land to live on, then you took it back from me; if you would return it to me. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) returned it. Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! If you would make me the custodian of our right in the one-fifth, so that no one disputes it after you. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) did that as well. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu al-Fadl! Will you not ask me what Ali has asked me?" He said: O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! My request has reached its limit with what I have already asked of you. Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made me its custodian, and I distributed it in the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); and Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) made me its custodian, and I distributed it in the lifetime of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) as well; then Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) made me its custodian, and I distributed it in the lifetime of Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) as well. Until, in the last year of Umar's (may Allah be pleased with him) life, a great deal of wealth came to him. He (may Allah be pleased with him) set aside our right, then sent word to me and said: This is your wealth; take it and distribute it wherever you wish. I said: O Commander of the Believers! This year we have no need of it; spend it on the needs of the Muslims. Then after Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) no one called us to it, until I became the Caliph. After coming away from Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) I met Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him). He said: O Ali! This morning you have deprived us of something that will never be returned to us until the Day of Resurrection. And he was a shrewd man.
Abu Abdullah (al-Hakim) said: Its narrators are among the thiqat (trustworthy) narrators of Kufa.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب قسم الفيء والغنيمة / 12962