Hadith 31-255

وَبِإِسْنادِهِ عَن رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ قالَ: نَزَلتَ هذِهِ الآيَةُ: (الَّذِينَ يُنْفِقُونَ أَمْوالهُمْ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهارِ سِرّاً وَعَلانِيَةً) فِي عَلِيٍّ.

According to the same documentation, it is narrated that God’s Prophet said that the following verse has been revealed about Ali (a.s.), ‘Those who (in charity) spend of their goods by night and by day, in secret and in public…’ [79] ”