The Wisdom of Taking the Jizyah by Hand While They Are in a Humble State

Question:
Now, Shaykh, if some of the good Muslims heard this, let alone those of lesser status, they might think that there is injustice in this and that it is due to the intensity of Islam. What is the danger of holding such a meaning in the heart of a Muslim?

Answer:
This is obedience to the action of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, and because the default is that they are to be killed, for they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger and defied them, and they are People of the Book who know that he is the Messenger of Allah and know that the Qur'an is the speech of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. So when they did this, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, humiliated them with these matters so that they would pay the jizyah by hand while they are in a humble state, in exchange for their defiance and rebellion after having knowledge and recognition. So Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, rewarded them with this recompense in this world.
And what is with Allah in the Hereafter of their punishment is more severe. Because they disbelieved in Allah, disbelieved in the Messenger of Allah, and disbelieved in the books of Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Because they contradicted them and defied them while knowing that they are the truth. So this is, in reality, a little of the much that they deserve of punishment, and in it is the manifestation of the might of Islam and the elevation of Islam, and the abandonment of disbelief and the humiliation of disbelief and its people. It is not. There is no disgrace in this for Islam; rather, this is the very strength of Islam, and the humiliation of the enemies of Islam. So this is at the peak of wisdom, because they knew the truth and rejected it with knowledge and defiance. So this is a part of what they deserve of punishment in this world and the Hereafter. And because this treatment of them is a call for them to accept the truth, if they want to honor themselves and elevate themselves from this humiliation, then they will return to the truth which they denied, and believe in Allah and His Messenger, and prohibit what Allah and His Messenger have prohibited, and profess the religion of truth, until these matters and this humiliation and this lowliness are lifted from them. And this humiliation and this lowliness is less than their being killed; others are killed. And with these, this treatment was sufficient, perhaps so that they would review themselves, and perhaps so that they would accept the truth which they knew and rejected, so that they would return to the obedience of Allah and the obedience of His Messenger and the adherence to His religion, so that their honor would return to them and their elevation would return to them. And the one who says that this treatment is injustice for them