Fath al-Rabbani

Bajalah says: I was the scribe of Juz’ bin Mu’awiyah, who was the uncle of Ahnaf bin Qais. We received a letter from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and this was one year before his death. In it, it was written: “Kill every male and female sorcerer, separate every prohibited relationship among the Magians, and prevent them from chanting incantations.” After this command, we killed three sorcerers and separated those in unlawful relationships according to the Book of Allah. Juz’ had a large amount of food prepared and invited the Magians, placing his sword on his thigh. They ate the food without chanting incantations, and they gave as much silver as would be the load of a mule or two as jizya. However, Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) did not take this jizya from them. Sometimes Sufyan, the narrator, would relate it thus: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was not in favor of taking jizya from the Magians, until Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) testified that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had taken jizya from the Magians of the region of Hajar. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) began to accept jizya from the Magians.