Jami' al-Saghir / Jam' al-Jawami' (al-Suyuti) 2-2973b
"عَن عُمَر: أَنَّ الرُّفَيْل وَرَءُوسًا مِنَ أَهْلِ السَّوادِ أَتَوْهُ فَقَالُوا: يَا أَمِيَر المُؤمنينَ: إنَّا كُنَّا قَد ظَهَرَ عَلَيْنَا أَهْلُ فَارِس فَأَضَرُّوا بنا (وأساءوا إلينا)، فلما جَاءَ اللَّه بِكُم أعْجَبَنَا مَجيئكُم وقَد جِئْنَاكُم (وفرِحْنَا ()) فَلم نَصُدَّكُم عَنْ شَىْءٍ، وَلَمْ نَقُاتِلكُم، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ بآخرَة بَلَغَنا أنَّكم تُريدُونَ أَنْ تَسْتِرقُونا، فَقَال لَه عُمَرُ: فَالآنَ فإن شِئْتُمْ فَالإِسلامَ، وَإِنْ شِئْتُم فَالْجِزيةَ، وإِلَّا قَاتَلنَاكُم، فَاخْتَارُوا الجِزْيةَ".
Translation
Chain of narrators
- ʿUmar
- al-Rufayl
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"From 'Umar: that al-Rufayl and some leaders of the people of al-Sawad came to him and said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, the people of Persia had prevailed over us and harmed us (and mistreated us). When Allah brought you, your coming pleased us, and we came to you (and rejoiced). We did not hinder you from anything, nor did we fight you. But at last it reached us that you intend to enslave us.' 'Umar said to him: 'Now, if you wish, Islam; and if you wish, the jizyah. Otherwise, we will fight you.' So they chose the jizyah."
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