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ahmad:1672Abū al-Mughīrah > Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Sulaymān b. Mūsá > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf

[Machine] When the Magi left the Messenger of Allah, I asked him and he informed me that the Prophet was given the choice between the jizyah (tax) and killing, so he chose the jizyah.  

أحمد:١٦٧٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ حَدَّثَنِي سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ قَالَ

لَمَّا خَرَجَ الْمَجُوسِيُّ مِنْ عِنْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَأَلْتُهُ فَأَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ خَيَّرَهُ بَيْنَ الْجِزْيَةِ وَالْقَتْلِ فَاخْتَارَ الْجِزْيَةَ