Ma`rifat Modiriyati

In sermon 50 of Nahj al-Balaghah, Amir Mu'minan Ali says that sedition starts in the society with following sensual desires and rulings that are against the Sharia and the Book of God. One of the seditions after the death of the Holy Prophet was in the division of Bait al-Mal among people. The rulers of that time started to form “the court of gifs” (Diwan-e Ataya) to allocate a greater share of Beit Al-Mal to the elites of the society. After being chosen as the ruler of the government, Amir Mu’minan talked about abolishing this office, divided the Bait al-Mal equally and prevented those who wanted a greater share. Astronomical incomes, benefits and bonuses in the present era seem to come from “the court of gifts” with some managers taking more share from Bait al-Mal than people and other employees and workers. This article has mentioned the common features of these two. The Supreme Leader has repeatedly emphasized the crime of those with astronomical incomes, the sinfulness of avarice and the need to return unconventional incomes. According to the report of the Supreme Audit Court of Iran, part of the unconventional incomes has been returned to the government treasury. This article has comparatively examined the approval of the laws that were implemented in the society against the Islamic law and the way of the Islamic leaders in the past and has defined the duty of rulers and statesmen in this regard. The research method was descriptive-analytical and library sources were used.