58. Expeditions
٥٨۔ كِتَابُ السِّيَرِ
اذْهَبْ فَاطْلُبْ مَالَكَ
[Machine] I bought ten experiments from the Black Land on the banks of the Euphrates to train animals. It was mentioned to Umar. He asked, "Did you buy them from their owners?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Go ahead." I was happy about it, so I went to him. He said, "Did you send them anything?" They said, "No." He said, "Seek your wealth wherever you have placed it."
اشْتَرَيْتُ عَشَرَةَ أَجْرِبَةٍ مِنْ أَرْضِ السَّوَادِ عَلَى شَاطِئِ الْفُرَاتِ لِقَضْبِ دَوَابَّ فَذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِعُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ اشْتَرَيْتَهَا مِنْ أَصْحَابِهَا؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ رُحْ إِلِيَّ قَالَ فَرُحْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا هَؤُلَاءِ أَبِعْتُمُوهُ شَيْئًا؟ قَالُوا لَا قَالَ ابْتَغِ مَالَكَ حَيْثُ وَضَعْتَهُ
[Machine] Umar or someone named Umar, if they choose their land and fulfill what is required of their land, then leave them alone with their land. Otherwise, remove the Muslims from their lands.
عُمَرُ أَوْ كَتَبَ عُمَرُ ؓ إِنِ اخْتَارَتْ أَرْضَهَا وَأَدَّتْ مَا عَلَى أَرْضِهَا فَخَلُّوا بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ أَرْضِهَا وَإِلَّا خَلُّوا بَيْنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَبَيْنَ أَرَضِيهِمْ
[Machine] Umar and Ali, when a man from the people of As-Sawad embraces Islam, they let him collect his tribute in his land.
عُمَرُ وَعَلِيٌّ ؓ إِذَا أَسْلَمَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّوَادِ تَرَكَاهُ يَقُومُ بِخَرَاجِهِ فِي أَرْضِهِ
[Machine] Al-Raqil embraced Islam, so Umar gave him his land with its taxes and imposed upon him two thousand (dirhams).
أَسْلَمَ الرَّقِيلُ فَأَعْطَاهُ عُمَرُ ؓ أَرْضَهُ بِخَرَاجِهَا وَفَرَضَ لَهُ أَلْفَيْنِ
[Machine] So he wrote to Saad, responding to him, and then invited him to Islam, so he converted and Umar imposed upon him 700 dirhams and placed his tribute in Khatham. He said, "If you establish yourself in your land, you will pay from it what you used to pay." And this is a weak narration in its chain, but if it is proven, then his statement was, "And your land is yours, and you have the right to it as you intended. And your land is the one you used to cultivate and pay its taxes." And that was taken by force, except that he left it, and its taxes did not fall from him when he converted. And in the peace treaty, its taxes fall.
فَكَتَبَ إِلَى سَعْدٍ رُدَّ عَلَيْهِ أَرْضَهُ ثُمَّ دَعَاهُ إِلَى الْإِسْلَامِ فَأَسْلَمَ فَفَرَضَ لَهُ عُمَرُ ؓ سَبْعَمِائَةٍ وَجَعَلَ عَطَاءَهُ فِي خَثْعَمٍ وَقَالَ إِنْ أَقَمْتَ فِي أَرْضِكَ أَدَّيْتَ عَنْهَا مَا كُنْتَ تُؤَدِّي وَهَذَا فِي إِسْنَادِهِ ضِعْفٌ فَإِنْ ثَبَتَ كَانَ قَوْلُهُ وَلَكُمْ أَرْضُكُمْ مَحْمُولًا عَلَى أَنَّهُ أَرَادَ وَلَكُمْ أَرْضُكُمُ الَّتِي كَانَتْ لَكُمْ تَزْرَعُونَهَا وَتُعْطُونَ خَرَاجَهَا وَذَلِكَ فِيمَا أُخِذَ عَنْوَةً إِلَّا تَرَكَهُ لَمْ يَسْقُطْ عَنْهُ خَرَاجُهَا حِينَ أَسْلَمَ وَفِي الصُّلْحِ يَسْقُطُ
[Machine] Indeed, the land of so and so can endure more taxes than what is imposed on them so he said there is no way to reach them, we have only reconciled with them with reconciliation.
إِنَّ أَرْضَ كَذَا وَكَذَا يُطِيقُونَ مِنَ الْخَرَاجِ أَكْثَرَ مِمَّا عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالَ لَا سَبِيلَ إِلَيْهِمْ إِنَّمَا صَالَحْنَاهُمْ صُلْحًا
[Machine] A farmer from the people of Aswad during the time of Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, converted to Islam. Ali said to him, "If you remain in your land, we will lift the tax from you and take from your land. But if you abandon it, then we are more entitled to it."
أَسْلَمَ دُهْقَانٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ السَّوَادِ فِي عَهْدِ عَلِيٍّ ؓ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ ؓ إِنْ أَقَمْتَ فِي أَرْضِكَ رَفَعْنَا الْجِزْيَةَ عَنْ رَأْسِكَ وَأَخَذْنَا مِنْ أَرْضِكَ وَإِنْ تَحَوَّلْتَ عَنْهَا فَنَحْنُ أَحَقُّ بِهَا
[Machine] Ali owns you. As for the compensation for your head, we will waive it. And as for your land, it belongs to the Muslims. If you want, we will make an agreement with you. And if you want, we will make you a champion for us. Whatever Allah has taken out of it [the land], you have brought it to us.
لَهُ عَلِيٌّ ؓ أَمَّا جِزْيَةُ رَأْسِكَ فَنَرْفَعُهَا وَأَمَّا أَرْضُكَ فَلِلْمُسْلِمِينَ فَإِنْ شِئْتَ فَرَضْنَا لَكَ وَإِنْ شِئْتَ جَعَلْنَاكَ قَهْرَمَانًا لَنَا فَمَا أَخْرَجَ اللهُ مِنْهَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ أَتَيْتَنَا بِهِ