به خدا سوگند، بیت المال تاراج شده را هر کجا که بیابم به صاحبان اصلی آن باز می گردانم، گر چه با آن ازدواج کرده، یا کنیزانی خریده باشند، زیرا… By Allah, even if I had found that by such money women have been married or slave-maids have been purchased I would have resumed it because…

و من كلام له (عليه السلام) فيما رده علي المسلمين من قطائع عثمان

وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ وَجَدْتُهُ قَدْ تُزُوِّجَ بِهِ النِّسَاءُ وَ مُلِكَ بِهِ الْإِمَاءُ لَرَدَدْتُهُ فَإِنَّ فِي الْعَدْلِ سَعَةً وَ مَنْ ضَاقَ عَلَيْهِ الْعَدْلُ فَالْجَوْرُ عَلَيْهِ أَضْيَقُ.

By Allah, even if I had found that by such money women have been married or slave-maids have been purchased I would have resumed it because there is wide scope in dispensation of justice, and he who finds it hard to act justly should find it harder to deal with injustice.

Source: Nahj al-Balagha, compiled by al-Sharif al-Radi. Persian: ترجمه محمد دشتی (Mohammad Dashti). English: Translation by Sayed Ali Reza (letters, sayings and sermons 1–16). Text from github.com/WWGTX/NahjulBalaghah. · Free for non-commercial religious use, with attribution