We had no family or home...

We had no family or home, and, most often, hungry, every night a group of us would eat with him. When he had cooked food in his home, he would invite us to eat with him and this food was sabus, dough cooked from barley flour and dates.” “He would say, 'No money was hoarded except that it becomes a fire for its owner.' The wives of the Prophet of God would often moan and complain of the hard ship and hunger.

He contracted with them, 'Either desire this world and divorce or me and poverty.' “The Prophet of God's beloved daughter worked and suffered hunger, yet he did not accept the request of 'Ali and his daughter, who were the most beloved creatures of God, in his opinion, to give them a servant. He cried for Zahra's [Fatimah's] poverty but he did not give her one dinar help.” It is clear that rapidly, question, question, and question in thoughts: Then why is the caliph 'Uthman wearing a fur coat?

Why is the colorful spread in the caliph's palace filled with the most delectable foods? Then why was the legacy of Abd al-Rahman 'Awf, who was the head of the Council to elect the caliph and who made 'Uthman caliph, when piled on top of each other, like a mountain which hid the caliph, who was upon the pulpit, from the people, who were sitting on the ground. His gold bullion was broken with an axe to divide up the inheritance.

Then why does Zubayr, who was a member of the caliphate council, have a thousand slaves who work for him and they daily give him their wages? Then why does Mu'awiyah, a family member [of the caliph] and the governor of the caliphate in Damascus, build a Green Palace? Why are those who are around him, whoever confirms him, flatterers, poets, 'ulama' and , given fairy-tale gifts?

And, then, why does 'Uthman, who promised to follow the Book of God and the Traditions of the Prophet, and the Shaykans [Abu Bakr and 'Umar] method, only follow the traditions of the Caesars and Kings? Then, why? Then, why? Day by day, aristocracy, exploitation, extravagance, poverty, distance and social and class breaks or cracks became more and the propagation of Abu Dharr grew more extensive causing the abased and the exploited to become more agitated.

The hungry learned from Abu Dharr that their poverty was not God's Will, written upon the foreheads and the rule of fate and destiny of heaven; the cause is only kinz (hoarding of capital). What must be done? With the austere and pious Abu Dharr, nothing! Neither does he 'have' to threaten him: 'We will take it!