Regarding the jizyah and the fact that 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) did not take it from the Christians of Taghlib.

The Shaykh: ... the Verse of the Sword.
-- And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah, and upon you be peace --
And there was a man, perhaps one of our brothers present can remind me of his name, who when he was taken captive, the Messenger (peace be upon him) tied him to one of the pillars of the mosque, so the Messenger (peace be upon him) would pass by him and ask about his condition.

The questioner: Khaythamah?

The Shaykh : Yes?

The questioner: His name is Khaythamah?

The Shaykh: No.
So it would be part of his speech to the Messenger: If you kill, you kill one who has blood.

Another questioner: "Thumamah".

The Shaykh : And if.
Yes?

Those present: "Thumamah".

The Shaykh: "Thumamah ibn 'Athal", yes, that is right.
So this man was a captive and from the Arabs, and he was captured and tied to the pillar.

Another questioner: ... the time of the Companions ... .

The Shaykh: What are you saying in your question first, ah, I mean, why do you involve the Master of the Messengers in this?

Another questioner: The response to them is completely out of place.

The Shaykh: This is the greatest response; because this is from the Messenger (peace be upon him).

Another questioner: The Messenger did not take the jizyah from the Christians of Taghlib.

The Shaykh: He did not take the jizyah from the Christians; this is true, but the generalization is invalid. He did not take the jizyah from the Christians of Taghlib as a policy of 'Umar, and he played with their beards as they say!! ... He ordered the chiefs and governors not to take the jizyah, and to double the zakah upon them; this means he took from them more than what he waived for them!! This is 'Umar's policy, yes; so he did not waive it, nor did anyone else ever waive the jizyah ... .

Another questioner : ... ؟

The Shaykh: I do not know ... and this does not concern us much or little, and we know that the principle and the foundation upon which the Messenger (peace be upon him) proceeded was not to make a distinction first in terms of Islam being accepted.

Another questioner: We know, but we want to respond to them.

The Shaykh: No ... ah?

Another questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: ... the leader of an army, the commander of an army ... and he instructed him ... you demand from them one of three: either Islam, or the jizyah, or the sword.
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