A man who accepts Islam while owning land

Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "When a disbeliever becomes Muslim and he also has land, we will remove the jizyah from him and take the kharaj from him."

It is narrated from al-Zubayr bin Adi (may Allah have mercy on him) that during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) a dihqan (a landowning chief) became Muslim. Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him: "If you remain on your land, we will remove the jizyah from you and take (the kharaj) from your land; and if you turn away from it, we have a greater right to that land."

It is narrated from Husayn that two men from the people of Ullays became Muslim during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). They both came to Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and informed him of their acceptance of Islam. He wrote concerning them to Sayyiduna Uthman bin Hunayf (may Allah be pleased with him): "Remove the jizyah from them and collect the kharaj from their land."

It is narrated from Tariq bin Shihab that a woman dihqan (a landowner) of Nahr al-Malik (Baghdad) became Muslim. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Give her her land and collect the kharaj from her."

Tariq bin Shihab (may Allah have mercy on him) said: A woman dihqan (a landowner) of Nahr al-Malik became Muslim. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wrote: "Give her the choice."

It is narrated from Amir that al-Rufayl, a dihqan (a landowning chief) of Nahrayn, became Muslim. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) assigned him two thousand, removed the jizyah from him, gave him his land, and collected the kharaj from him.

It is narrated from Hasan (may Allah have mercy on him) that Ubaydullah bin Umar (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked: "If someone from the people of Iraq becomes Muslim, what is the ruling?" He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "If the one from the people of Iraq who becomes Muslim is under our protection (dhimmah), then his land and his wealth remain his. And if the one who becomes Muslim is not under our protection, on land that we conquered by force (through jihad), then that land will belong to the Muslims." Ubaydullah said: "I read this ruling in a letter of Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him)."

Ubaydullah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I read this in a letter of Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him).

Ibrahim said: If someone from the people of Iraq becomes Muslim and then remains on his land, the kharaj will be collected from him; and if he leaves that land, the kharaj will not be collected from him.