The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Harb bin Ubaid Allah from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم to the same effect through a different chain of narrators. This version has the word kharaj (land tax) instead of ‘ushr (tithes).
Read More..A man reported from Bakr bin Wail on the authority of his maternal uncle as saying, I said “Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم may I levy tithe on my people. ?” He replied “Tithes are to be levied on Jews and Christians. ”
Read More..Narrated A man of Banu Taghlib: Harb ibn Ubaydullah ibn Umayr ath-Thaqafi told on the authority of his grandfather, a man of Banu Taghlib: I came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم, embraced Islam, and he taught me Islam. He also taught me how I should take sadaqah from my people who had become Muslim. I then returned to him and said: Messenger of Allah, I remembered whatever you taught me except the sadaqah. Should I levy tithe on them? He replied: No, tithes are to be levied on Christians and Jews.
Read More..Narrated Al-Irbad ibn Sariyah as-Sulami: We alighted with the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم at Khaybar, and he had his companions with him. The chief of Khaybar was a defiant and abominable man. He came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and said: Is it proper for you, Muhammad, that you slaughter our donkeys, eat our fruit, and beat our women? The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم became angry and said: Ibn Awf, ride your horse, and call loudly: Beware, Paradise is lawful only for a believer, and that they (the people) should gather for prayer. They gathered and the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم led them in prayer, stood up and said: Does any of you, while reclining on his couch, imagine that Allah has prohibited only that which is to be found in this Quran? By Allah, I have preached, commanded and prohibited various matters as numerous as that which is found in the Quran, or more numerous. Allah has not permitted you to enter the houses of the people of the Book without permission, or beat their women, or eat their fruits when they give you that which is imposed on them.
Read More..Narrated A man of Juhaynah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Probably you will fight with a people, you will dominate them, and they will save themselves and their children by their property. The version of Saeed has You will then conclude peace with them. The agreed version goes: Then do no take anything from them more than that, for it is not proper for you.
Read More..Narrated A number of Companions of the Prophet: Safwan reported from a number of Companions of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم on the authority of their fathers who were relatives of each other. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: Beware, if anyone wrongs a contracting man, or diminishes his right, or forces him to work beyond his capacity, or takes from him anything without his consent, I shall plead for him on the Day of Judgment.
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