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Bayhaqi 18736 — Prohibition of harshness in collecting the jizyah

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو، ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، أنبأ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ، ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ، ثنا جَعْفَرٌ الْأَحْمَرُ، ثنا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عُمَيْرٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ قَالَ: اسْتَعْمَلَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ عَلَى بَزْرَجِ سَابُورَ فَقَالَ: لَا تَضْرِبَنَّ رَجُلًا سَوْطًا فِي جِبَايَةِ دِرْهَمٍ، وَلَا تَبِيعَنَّ لَهُمْ رِزْقًا وَلَا كِسْوَةَ شِتَاءٍ وَلَا صَيْفٍ، ⦗٣٤٦⦘ وَلَا دَابَّةً يَعْتَمِلُونَ عَلَيْهَا، وَلَا تُقِمْ رَجُلًا قَائِمًا فِي طَلَبِ دِرْهَمٍ. قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذًا أَرْجِعَ إِلَيْكَ كَمَا ذَهَبْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِكَ. قَالَ: وَإِنْ رَجَعْتَ كَمَا ذَهَبْتَ وَيْحَكَ إِنَّمَا أُمِرْنَا أَنْ نَأْخُذَ مِنْهُمُ الْعَفْوَ، يَعْنِي الْفَضْلَ.
It is narrated from a man of Thaqif: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) appointed me as governor over Buzurj Sabur and said: "Do not strike any man with a whip in collecting a dirham, do not sell their provisions or their winter and summer clothing, nor the animal on which they do their work, and do not make any man stand (harshly) in order to collect a dirham." The narrator says: I said: "O Commander of the Faithful! Then I will return to you just as I am leaving you." The Commander of the Faithful (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Even if you return just as you went, woe to you! We have been commanded only to take the surplus from them."
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الجزية / 18736
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