Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2298b
"عن عمر بن الحرث قال: كان عمرو بن العاص يبعثُ بجزيةِ أَهْلِ مصرَ وخراجِها إلى عمرَ بن الخطاب كلَّ (سنة) بعد حَبْسِ ما كان يحتاجُ إليه، ثم إنَّه استبطأَ عمرو بن العاص في الخرَاج، فكتبَ إليه بكتاب يلومُه في ذلك (ويشدِّدُ عليه) ويقول له في كتابه: فلا تجزعْ أبَا عبدَ اللَّه أن تأخذ بالحقِّ وتُعْطِيَه، فإن الحقَّ أبلجُ، فَذَرنى وما عنه تَلَجْلَج، فقد برحَ الخفاءُ، فكتب إليه عمرو بن العاص يجيبه على كِتابه، وكتب إليه: إِنَّ أهلَ الأرض استنظرُوا إلى أن تُدْرِك غَلَّتهم، فنظرتُ للمسلمين وكان الترفقُ بهم خير، من أن يُخْرَق بهم، فيصيرون إلى بيع ما لا غِنى عنهُ فينكر الخراجُ، وقد صدقتُ واللَّه يا أميرَ المؤمنين، والسلام".
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- ʿMr b. al-Ḥrth
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"On the authority of 'Umar ibn al-Harith, who said: 'Amr ibn al-'As used to send the jizyah and the kharaj of the people of Egypt to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab every year, after withholding what he needed. Then he delayed 'Amr ibn al-'As in the kharaj, so he wrote to him a letter blaming him for that (and pressing him), saying in his letter: 'Do not be impatient, Abu 'Abdullah, to take the right and give it, for the truth is clear. Leave me, and what is unclear about it has become unclear, for the concealment has ended.' So 'Amr ibn al-'As wrote back to him answering his letter, and he wrote: 'The people of the land asked for respite until their produce ripens. I took care of the Muslims, and gentleness toward them was better than harming them, lest they be driven to sell what they cannot do without, and the kharaj be denied. I have spoken the truth, by Allah, O Commander of the Faithful. Peace.'"
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ابن سعد
machine translationIbn Saʿd
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