Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Amr bin Maymoon (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed for the cultivators one qafeez and one dirham on every crop.

Hazrat Abu Awn Muhammad bin Ubaidullah Al-Thaqafi (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed for the people of Sawad one qafiz and one dirham on every cultivated or uncultivated land; and for vegetable cultivation, he fixed five dirhams and five qafiz; and for tree cultivation, he fixed ten dirhams and ten qafiz; and for grape cultivation, he also fixed ten dirhams and ten qafiz. And he did not mention dates.

Hazrat Abu Aun Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Thaqafi, may Allah have mercy on him, narrates that Hazrat Umar bin Khattab fixed for the people of Sawad, on every cultivated land irrigated by water, whether inhabited or uninhabited, one dirham and one qafiz of food; and on all orchards, ten dirhams and ten qafiz of food; and on all vegetable fields, five dirhams and five qafiz of food; and on a complete vineyard, ten dirhams and ten qafiz of food; and he did not fix anything on date palm cultivation, rather he considered it as dependent on the land.

Hazrat Abu Majliz (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) sent Uthman bin Hunaif to measure the land. So Hazrat Uthman bin Hunaif (may Allah have mercy on him) fixed ten dirhams for vineyards, eight dirhams for date orchards, six dirhams for vegetable fields, four dirhams for wheat fields, and two dirhams for barley fields.

Hazrat Abu Majliz (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed eight dirhams for the date orchard.

Hazrat Hakam (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates that Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) sent Uthman bin Hunaif (may Allah have mercy on him) to the wealthy people. So he fixed one dirham and one qafiz of wheat or barley on every cultivated and uncultivated land that is irrigated by water. And he fixed ten each on every vineyard. And he fixed five on vegetable crops.

Hazrat Aban bin Taghlib (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from a man that Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) fixed one dirham on two tall date trees, and also fixed one dirham on every Farsi.

Hazrat Amr bin Maymoon narrates that I was present when Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was standing with Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) and Hazrat Usman bin Hunaif. Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was saying, "Both of you fear that you may burden the people of the land with something they do not have the strength to bear." Hazrat Hudhaifah (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "If I wish, I can double (the yield) on my land." Hazrat Usman bin Hunaif said, "I have only burdened my land with what it has the strength to bear, and there is much virtue in it." Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said, "Both of you should think carefully, lest you burden the land with something it does not have the strength to bear."

Hazrat Amr bin Maymoon narrates that Hazrat Uthman bin Hunaif came to the service of Hazrat Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). Hazrat Umar said to him, "If you increase two dirhams for each person and add one dirham and one qafeez of grain for every jarib of land, it will not harm them." Hazrat Uthman bin Hunaif agreed to this. Previously, a person was liable for forty-eight; now it was made fifty.

Hazrat Dawood bin Sulaiman narrates that Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz wrote a letter to Abdul Hameed bin Abdur Rahman stating: I command you to examine the land of the people of Kufa. Do not apply the ruling of cultivated land to barren land, nor the ruling of barren land to cultivated land. Make every effort to cultivate barren land. Take only the kharaj from those who cultivate the land, so that they are treated gently and find ease. I command you to take only the weight of seven in kharaj, do not take the wages of the money-changers. Do not take melted silver. Do not take the gifts of Nowruz and Marjan. Do not take the price of the scriptures. Do not take the wages of the scribes, do not take the rent of rooms, do not take the dirham for marriage, and do not take kharaj from anyone who becomes a Muslim.