[Machine] I have sent you and I from this wealth as a guardian of the orphan's wealth. "Whoever is rich, let him refrain, and whoever is poor, let him eat with kindness." [An-Nisa 6] And I do not see a town from which a sheep is taken every day, except that it will quickly be destroyed. Uthman ibn Hunayf placed ten dirhams on the grape harvest, I think eight on the date palm harvest, six on the sugarcane harvest, four on the barley harvest, two dirhams on their heads for every man, twenty-four for each year, and he took from them in return for what was taken from the women and children and in what they differed in their trades, half of the one tenth. Then he wrote this to Umar and he approved and was satisfied with it. Umar was asked, "How do we take from the merchants of war when they come to us?" Umar said, "How do they take from you when you come to their land?" They said, "The one tenth." He said, "Then take the same from them." This was narrated by Yazid ibn Zurai through Said ibn Abi Arubah, and he said, "And on the date palm harvest, eight, and on the sugarcane harvest, six, without hesitation."  

أَنْزَلْتُكُمْ وَإِيَّايَ مِنْ هَذَا الْمَالِ كَمَنْزِلَةِ وَالِي مَالِ الْيَتِيمِ {مَنْ كَانَ غَنِيًّا فَلْيَسْتَعْفِفْ وَمَنْ كَانَ فَقِيرًا فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ} [النساء 6] وَمَا أَرَى قَرْيَةً يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهَا كُلَّ يَوْمٍ شَاةٌ إِلَّا كَانَ ذَلِكَ سَرِيعًا فِي خَرَابِهَا قَالَ فَوَضَعَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ حُنَيْفٍ عَلَى جَرِيبِ الْكَرْمِ عَشَرَةَ دَرَاهِمَ وَعَلَى جَرِيبِ النَّخْلِ أَظُنُّهُ قَالَ ثَمَانِيَةً وَعَلَى جَرِيبِ الْقَصَبِ سِتَّةَ دَرَاهِمَ وَعَلَى جَرِيبِ الْبُرِّ أَرْبَعَةَ دَرَاهِمَ وَعَلَى جَرِيبِ الشَّعِيرِ دِرْهَمَيْنِ وَعَلَى رُءُوسِهِمْ عَنْ كُلِّ رَجُلٍ أَرْبَعَةً وَعِشْرِينَ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ وَعَطَّلَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ وَالصِّبْيَانِ وَفِيمَا يُخْتَلَفُ بِهِ مِنْ تِجَارَاتِهِمْ نِصْفَ الْعُشْرِ قَالَ ثُمَّ كَتَبَ بِذَلِكَ إِلَى عُمَرَ ؓ فَأَجَازَ ذَلِكَ وَرَضِيَ بِهِ وَقِيلَ لِعُمَرَ رَضَيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ كَيْفَ نَأْخُذُ مِنْ تُجَّارِ الْحَرْبِ إِذَا قَدِمُوا عَلَيْنَا؟ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ ؓ كَيْفَ يَأْخُذُونَ مِنْكُمْ إِذَا أَتَيْتُمْ بِلَادَهُمْ؟ قَالُوا الْعُشْرَ قَالَ فَكَذَلِكَ خُذُوا مِنْهُمْ وَرَوَاهُ يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ وَقَالَ وَعَلَى جَرِيبِ النَّخْلِ ثَمَانِيَةٌ وَعَلَى جَرِيبِ الْقَصَبِ سِتَّةٌ لَمْ يَشُكَّ