[Machine] "The Arab Christians are [considered] people of the book, and it is permissible for us to consume their sacrificial animals. I will not abandon them until they surrender or we strike their necks." Ash-Shafi'i said, "We only left them to force them to convert to Islam or strike their necks, because the Messenger of Allah ﷺ took the jizyah from the Arab Christians, and 'Umar, 'Uthman, and 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with them) have agreed to it. Although 'Umar said this, it is not permissible for us to marry their women because Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, has only permitted us to marry from the people of the book upon whom the revelation was sent."  

نَصَارَى الْعَرَبِ بِأَهْلِ كِتَابٍ وَمَا يَحِلُّ لَنَا ذَبَائِحُهُمْ وَمَا أَنَا بِتَارِكِهِمْ حَتَّى يُسْلِمُوا أَوْ أَضْرِبَ أَعْنَاقَهُمْ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ وَإِنَّمَا تَرَكْنَا أَنْ نُجْبِرَهُمْ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ أَوْ نَضْرِبَ أَعْنَاقَهُمْ؛ لِأَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَخَذَ الْجِزْيَةَ مِنْ نَصَارَى الْعَرَبِ وَأَنَّ عُمَرَ وَعُثْمَانَ وَعَلِيًّا ؓ قَدْ أَقَرُّوهُمْ وَإِنْ كَانَ عُمَرُ قَدْ قَالَ هَذَا لِذَلِكَ لَا يَحِلُّ لَنَا نِكَاحُ نِسَائِهِمْ؛ لِأَنَّ اللهَ جَلَّ ثَنَاؤُهُ إِنَّمَا أَحَلَّ لَنَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ الَّذِي عَلَيْهِمْ نَزَلَ