Imam Ali (pbuh) The Real Meaning of Justice: part1
Imam Ali once received some news about one of his governors who was Othman bin Hunaif, his governor on Al Basrah, that he attended a banquet by one of Al Basrah riches, which worried Imam Ali that his governor would be attracted to that kind of life, and to that type of men, and then he would be deviated from the righteous , and neglect the values of justice and equality, so he wrote to him:
O Ibn Hunayf, I have come to know that a young man of Basrah invited you to a feast and you leapt towards it. Foods of different colours were being chosen for you and big bowls were being given to you. I never thought that you would accept the feast of a people who turn out the beggars and invite the rich. Look at the morsels you take, leave out that about which you are in doubt and take that about which you are sure that it has been secured lawfully. Remember that every follower has a leader whom he follows and from the effulgence of whose knowledge he takes light. Realize that your Imam has contented himself with two shabby pieces of cloth out of the (comforts of the) world and two loaves for his meal. Certainly, you cannot do so but at least support me in piety, exertion, chastity and uprightness.
