The Christians of Banu Taghlib: what is taken from them

Ziyad bin Hudayr said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) sent me to the Christians of Banu Taghlib and ordered me to take from them half of a tenth of their wealth.

It is narrated from Dawud bin Kardus that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) made a peace treaty with the Christians of Banu Taghlib (on the condition) that double the zakah would be taken from them, that they would not make their young ones Christians, and that they would not be forced into any other religion.

Dawud said: And they have no covenant of protection (left), for they have made (their children) Christians.

Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Ziyad bin Hudayr said: I was with my grandfather (Ziyad bin Hudayr). A Christian passed by us riding a horse, and the value of his horse was 20,000 (dirhams). He said to that Christian: If you wish, give 2,000; and if you wish, we will take the horse and give you its value of 18,000 (dirhams).

It is narrated from Abu Mijlaz that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) sent Sayyiduna Uthman bin Hunayf (may Allah be pleased with him) (to collect the tithes and the like). He fixed one dirham on every twenty dirhams on the wealth of the dhimmis who travelled with it to other cities and traded, and he wrote this to Sayyiduna Umar. He approved of it and permitted it. Then he said to Sayyiduna Umar: What do you order us to take from the traders of the people of war? He said: When you go to their cities, how much do they take from you? People said: A tenth. He said: Then take the same from them.

Ubaydullah bin Abdullah said: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) appointed my father and another man as agents to collect the charities (tithes and the like) from the dhimmis who had moved to various cities and traded there. He ordered us to take half of a tenth from wheat, as a lightening for them, so that they would carry it to the city, and to take a tenth from pulses and the like.

Ibrahim said: From the dhimmis, one dirham is taken on every twenty dirhams; from the people of war, one dirham is taken on every ten dirhams; and from the dhimmis who trade in wine, one dirham is taken on every ten dirhams.

Ruzayq said: Umar bin Abd al-Aziz wrote to me: From the dhimmi traders who pass by you, on the wealth of theirs that is displayed and that circulates in trade, take one dinar on every twenty dinars. Whatever is less than that, take from it in proportion, until it reaches ten. Then, when it falls three dinars short of that, leave it and take nothing from it; and write for them a receipt, valid until the same time next year, for what you take from them.

Ibn Abi Dhi'b said: I asked Imam al-Zuhri about the jizyah of the Christians of Banu Kalb and Banu Taghlib. He said: It has reached us that half of a tenth is to be taken on their livestock.