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 and others made terms with al-ʿAlâʾ, agreeing to give half the grains and dates.

Al-Ḥusain from az-Zuhri:—The Prophet took poll-tax from the Magians of Hajar.

. Al-Ḥusain from al-Ḥasan ibn-Muḥammad:—The Prophet wrote to the Magians of Hajar, inviting them to Islâm and providing that if they are converted, they will have the rights we have, and be under the obligations we are under; but those who refuse Islâm will have to pay the tax, and we will not eat what they slaughter nor marry their women.

Al-Ḥusain from Saʿîd ibn-al-Musaiyib: —The Prophet exacted tax from the Magians of Hajar, ʿUmar exacted it from those of Persia, and Uthmân from the Berbers.

A similar tradition was communicated by al-Ḥusain on the authority of az-Zuhri.

ʿAmr an-Nâḳid from Mûsa ibn-ʿUḳbah:—The Prophet wrote to Mundhir ibn-Sâwa as follows:—

"From Muḥammad the Prophet to Mundhir ibn-Sâwa:—thou art at peace. I praise Allah in thy behalf, beside whom there is no god. Thy letter I received, and its contents I heard. Whosoever repeats our prayer, faces the ḳiblah as we do [in prayer] and eats what we slaughter, such one is a Moslem; but whosoever refuses will have to pay tax."

ʿAbbâs ibn-Hishâm al-Kalbi from ibn-ʿAbbâs:—The Prophet having written to al-Mundhir ibn-Sâwa, the latter accepted Islâm and called the people of Hajar to it, some of whom accepted and others did not. As for the Arabs, they became Moslems, but the Magians and Jews accepted the tax and it was exacted from them.

. Shaibân ibn-Farrûkh from Ḥumaid ibn-Hilâl:—Al-ʿAlâʾ ibn-al-Ḥaḍrami sent