If people would work in such properties without the permission of the Imam...

If people would work in such properties without the permission of the Imam, the Imam will have all of it and no one would have any thing in them. The same would be the case if someone would work, revive, improve, develop and build on a land without the permission of the Imam.

It would be up to the Imam to leave it with him or take it away from him or settle it differently." 1 Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn 'Isa from Ibrahim ibn 'Umar al-Yamani from Aban ibn abu 'Ayyash from Sulaym ibn Qays who has said the following "I heard Amir al-Mu'minin Ali (a.s.) say, 'We, By Allah, are the ones to whom Allah has referred by the words 'Dhi al-Qurba' (relatives) and has given the same status as to Him self and His the Holy Prophet (s.a).

He has said, "Whatever God grants to His Messenger (out of the property) of the people of the towns, belongs to God, the Messenger, the kinsfolk, the orphans, the destitute . . ." (59:7) It applies to such person from us exclusively. In the charity there no portion is appropriated to us.

It is the way Allah has honored His Holy Prophet (s.a) and has honored us instead of feeding us the filthy things in the hands of people." 2 Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu'alla ibn Muhammad from al-Washsha' from Aban from Muhammad ibn Muslim from abu Ja'far (a.s.) who has said the following. about the words of Allah, the Most High. "Know that whatever property you may gain, one fifth belongs to God, the Messenger, the kindred,. .

." (8:41) The Imam (a.s.) said, "It refers to the relatives of the Messenger of Allah. Al-Khums (one fifth) belongs to Allah, the Messenger and to us." 3 Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn abu 'Umayr from Hafs ibn al-Bakhtari from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. "Al-Anfal is such property for the acquisition of which no camels or horses are use and no armed expeditions are undertaken.

It is the property that may come as a result of negotiated settlement or certain people would give with their own hands, may come from a barren land or from inside the valleys. Such properties belong to the Messenger of Allah and it will belong to the Imams after the the Messenger of Allah.

The Imam (a.s.) will spend them as he may consider proper." 4 Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn 'Isa from certain persons of our people from the virtuous servant of Allah who has said the following.