حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدُ بْنُ مُسَرْهَدٍ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ سَمِعَ بَجَالَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَمْرَو بْنَ أَوْسٍ وَأَبَا الشَّعْثَائِ قَالَ کُنْتُ کَاتِبًا لِجَزْئِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَمِّ الْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ إِذْ جَائَنَا کِتَابُ عُمَرَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِسَنَةٍ اقْتُلُوا کُلَّ سَاحِرٍ وَفَرِّقُوا بَيْنَ کُلِّ ذِي مَحْرَمٍ مِنْ الْمَجُوسِ وَانْهَوْهُمْ عَنْ الزَّمْزَمَةِ فَقَتَلْنَا فِي يَوْمٍ ثَلَاثَةَ سَوَاحِرَ وَفَرَّقْنَا بَيْنَ کُلِّ رَجُلٍ مِنْ الْمَجُوسِ وَحَرِيمِهِ فِي کِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَصَنَعَ طَعَامًا کَثِيرًا فَدَعَاهُمْ فَعَرَضَ السَّيْفَ عَلَی فَخْذِهِ فَأَکَلُوا وَلَمْ يُزَمْزِمُوا وَأَلْقَوْا وِقْرَ بَغْلٍ أَوْ بَغْلَيْنِ مِنْ الْوَرِقِ وَلَمْ يَکُنْ عُمَرُ أَخَذَ الْجِزْيَةَ مِنْ الْمَجُوسِ حَتَّی شَهِدَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَخَذَهَا مِنْ مَجُوسِ هَجَرَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3043
Narrated Umar ibn al-Khattab: Amr ibn Aws and AbulSha'tha' reported that Bujalah said: I was secretary to Jaz ibn Muawiyah, the uncle of Ahnaf ibn Qays. A letter came to us from Umar one year before his death, saying: Kill every magician, separate the relatives of prohibited degrees from the Magians, and forbid them to murmur (before eating). So we killed three magicians in one day, and separated from a Magian husband his wife of a prohibited degree according to the Book of Allah. He prepared abundant food and called them, and placed the sword on his thigh. They ate (the food) but did not murmur. They threw (on the ground) one or two mule-loads of silver. Umar did not take jizyah from Magians until Abdur Rahman ibn Awf witnessed that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had taken jizyah from the Magians of Hajar.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020