Salih, the garment-seller, reported that his grandmother said, "I saw 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, buy fates for a dirham and put them in his blanket. I said to him (or a man said to him), 'I will carry it for you, Amir al-Mu'minin.' He said, 'No, the father of the family is the one who is the most entitled to carry it.'"
عَنْ جَدَّتِهِ قَالَتْ رَأَيْتُ عَلِيًّا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ اشْتَرَى تَمْرًا بِدِرْهَمٍ فَحَمَلَهُ فِي مِلْحَفَتِهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَوْ قَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ أَحْمِلُ عَنْكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ قَالَ لاَ أَبُو الْعِيَالِ أَحَقُّ أَنْ يَحْمِلَ
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