During his reign, Muawiya –the Umayyad caliph- performed the hajj and, during his stay in Mecca, he asked about a black, fat lady from the tribe of Banu Kinana. She was residing in al-Hujoun and was named ‘Daramiyya al-Hujoun.’ When he was informed that she was still alive, he summoned her, and she was brought before him.
He said: “How are you, daughter of Ham?”
She answered: “You should not have dishonored me for my belonging to Ham. I am a woman from the tribe of Banu Kinana, and from the tribe of your father.”
He said: “You have said the truth. Do you know why I summoned you?”
She answered: “None but God knows the unseen?”
He said: “I summoned you to ask you why you have loved and supported Ali and hated and antagonized me.”
She requested: “Will you allow me not to answer you?”
He said: “No, I will not.”
She said: “Well, you have insisted. I have loved Ali for his justice among the subjects and for his equitable distribution. And I have hated you for you fought those whom are more deserving than you are of this position and for you asked for that which i t is not rightful for you to ask. I have supported Ali for the obligation of the loyalty to him that was declared by the Prophet (s), and for he loved the poor and reverenced the religious. And I have antagonized you for you shed the respectful blood, so wed discord among Muslims, ruled unfairly, and issued judges according to your own caprices.”
Muawiya said: “Therefore, your belly is puffed up, is it not?”
She said: “Listen you, it is Hind whom is cited as example of puffed bellies, not me.”
Muawiya said: “Listen you, stop it. I have not meant something disgraceful. I have only intended goodness.”
Hence, she stopped.
Muawiya then asked her: “Did you see Ali?”
She answered: “Yes, by God, I did.”
He asked: “How was he?”
She answered: “He was not seduced by the authority that seduced you and was not engaged by the grace that engaged you.”
He asked: “Did you ever hear his words?”
She answered: “Yes, by God, I did. His words polished hearts from blindness in the same way as oiling polishes rust.”
He commented: “You have said the truth. Do you have any need that I can settle for you?”
She wondered: “Will you really settle my need if I say it to you?”
He answered: “Of course I will.”
She said: “Then, I want one hundred red she-camels with their male and cameleer.”
He asked: “What do you intend to do with these?”
She answered: “I will feed the babies with their milk and feed the adults with their meat, win noble deeds through them, and use them for reconciling the disagreeing tribes.”
Muawiya said: “Well, if I give you these camels, will I occupy the same position that Ali occupied in your heart?”
She answered: “This will never happen. A great difference lies between Ali and you.”
He said: “By God I swear, Had Ali been alive, he would not have given you a single camel.”
She answered: “Of course he would have never done it. Furthermore, he would not have given a single hair of a camel so long as they are within the public treasury.” ( Qissas ul-Arab; part 2. )