Imam Ali (pbuh) The Real Meaning of Justice part1
He (pbuh) once received news from one of his governors, who was Othman bin Hunayf, Governor of Basra, that he had attended a banquet by one of Basras riches. So Imam Ali (pbuh) was worried that he would be attracted to that type of life or that kind of men, which would make him deviate from righteous and neglect values of justice and equalness, 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"
Sources: Al Kafi - Nahjul Balaghah
