Reference: Siffatus-Safwah – Volume 2, Page 96
On the authority of ‘Amru ibn Thaabit who said: When ‘Alee ibn al-Husayn died, they washed him and noticed a black mark on his back, so they (some of them) said:
“What is this?”
So they (the others) said:
“He used to carry a sack of flour on his back during the night and used to distribute it to the poor and needy of the people of Madeenah”.
Translation originally published on 18 March, 2001
