Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 34840 — What they said on the Magians: are

Bajalah bin Abdah al-Anbari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I was the scribe of Jaz' bin Mu'awiyah (may Allah have mercy on him), and he (may Allah have mercy on him) was appointed commander over the people of al-Ahwaz. During this time Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him), who was the commander of Basrah, wrote to us that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) had written to him, ordering him to kill the Magians who make a sound with the mouth closed during meals until they speak, that every woman be taken away from her mahram, and that every sorcerer be killed. Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) sent this letter on to Jaz' bin Mu'awiyah as well. He (may Allah have mercy on him) summoned the zamazimah, and they spoke. The narrator said: When a woman was young, we would take her away from her mahram and marry her to someone else. And if the woman was old, we would forbid her mahram from her and rebuke him about her.