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 Makkah to repair. The conquest of Makkah and the conversion of its people to Islam made Thaḳîf covet and lay hold on these possessions, but with the conquest of aṭ-Ṭâʾif, they were again put in the hands of the Makkans, and in fact all the land of aṭ-Ṭâʾif became one of the districts of Makkah.

. It was in the battle of aṭ-Ṭâʾif that abu-Sufyân ibn-Ḥarb lost his eye.

. Al-Walîd ibn-Ṣâliḥ from ʿAttâb ibn-As^id:—The Prophet ordered that the vine-trees of Thaḳîf be estimated as in the case of dates and that the zakât [legal alms] be taken in the form of raisins, as in the case of dates.

According to al-Wâḳidi, abu-Ḥanîfah says: "The vine-trees are not estimated, but when the produce, whether large or small, is gathered the zakât is taken."

According to Yaʿḳûb: "If the produce is gathered and the weight of it is five wasḳs [loads] then its zakât is one-tenth or half of one-tenth." The same view is held by Sufyân ibn-Saʿîd ath-Thauri. The wasḳ is equal to 60 ṣâʿs.

Mâlik ibn-Anas and ibn-abi-Dhiʾb state that according to the commended practice [Ar. sunnah] the zakât on grape is taken by estimation as in the case of dates.

. Shaibân ibn-abi-Shaibah from ʿAmr ibn-Shuʿaib :—A ʿâmil of ʿUmar ibn-al-Khaṭṭâb in aṭ-Ṭâʾif wrote to ʿUmar, "Those who own honey fail to contribute to us what they used to contribute to the Prophet, i. e., one vase out of each ten." ʿUmar wrote back to him, "If they would contribute, thou shouldst protect their valleys, otherwise do not."