Jazia - Section 1

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Bajala said:

I was a clerk of Jaz’ b. Mu'awiya the paternal uncle of al-Ahnaf, and a year before the death of ‘Umar b. al-Khattab we received his letter in which he gave instruction to separate married couples among the Magians who were within the prohibited degrees. ‘Umar had not taken the <i>jizya</i> from the Magians till ‘Abd ar-Rahman b. ‘Auf testified that God’s Messenger had taken it from the Magians of Hajar. Bukhari transmitted it.

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Mu'adh said that when God’s Messenger sent him to the Yemen he ordered him to take from every <i>halim</i>, meaning one who had reached puberty, a dinar or its equivalent in <i>Ma'afiri</i>,* i.e. garments of Yemen origin. *This word, which is usually an adjective qualifying <i>thaub</i> (garment), is here used by itself with an explanation of the meaning following Ma'afir is the name of a tribe which was a section of Hamdan, the Yemen tribal group. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

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Ibn ‘Abbas reported God’s Messenger as saying “Two <i>qiblas</i> in one land are not right, and no <i>jizya</i> is to be levied on a Muslim.” Ahmad, Tirmidhi and Abu Dawud transmitted it.

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Anas told that God’s Messenger sent Khalid b. al-Walid to Ukaidir of Duma,* and when they seized him and brought him he spared his life and made peace with him on condition that he should pay <i>jizya</i>. *Duma was a fortress-near Tabuk. Ukaidir was a Christian. The incident took place in the year 9 A.H during the expedition to Tabuk. Abu Dawud transmitted it.

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Harb b. ‘Ubaidallah told on the authority of his grandfather, his mother’s father, that he had it on the authority of his father that God’s Messenger said, “Tithes are to be levied on Jews and Christians, but are not to be levied on Muslims.” Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it.

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‘Uqba b. 'Amir told that he said, “Messenger of God, we come to people who do not give us hospitality, or pay what is due to us from them, and we take nothing from them.’’ He replied, “If they make it necessary for you to take it by force, do so.” Tirmidhi transmitted it.

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Aslam told that ‘Umar b. al-Khattab imposed as <i>jizya</i> four dinars on those who possessed gold and forty dirhams on those who possessed silver along with provisions for the Muslims and three days’ hospitality. Malik transmitted it.