Set aside for them a share of your treasury (bayt al-mal)...

Set aside for them a share of your treasury (bayt al-mal) and in every town a share of the produce of the lands of Islam taken as booty (sawafi al-Islam), for to the farthest away of them belongs the equivalent of what belongs to the nearest.

(11) You are bound to observe the right of each of them, so be not distracted from them by arrogance, for you will not be excused if, to attend to the very important affair, you neglect the trifling, So avert not your solicitude from them and turn not your face away from them in contempt. Investigate the affairs of those (of the lowest class) who are unable to gain access to you, those upon whom eyes disdain to gaze and whom men regard with scorn.

Appoint to attend exclusively to them a person whom you trust from among the God-fearing and humble, and let him submit to you…