Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ ؓ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِلَى الْيَمَنِ وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ آخُذَ مِنْ كُلِّ حَالِمٍ دِينَارًا أَوْ عِدْلَهُ مَعَافِرَ قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ وَإِنَّمَا هَذِهِ الْجِزْيَةُ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ وَهُمْ قَوْمٌ عُرْبٌ؛ لِأَنَّهُمْ أَهْلُ كِتَابٍ أَلَا تَرَى أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَا يُفْتَنُ يَهُودِيٌّ مِنْ يَهُودِيَّةٍ يَعْنِي فِي رِوَايَتِهِ عَنْ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ بِذَلِكَ
English Translation
Abu Sa'id ibn Abi Amr informed us > Abu al-Abbas Muhammad ibn Ya'qub > al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Affan > Yahya ibn Adam > Abu Bakr ibn Ayyash > Asim > Abu Wa'il > Masruq > Mu'adh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) sent me to Yemen and commanded me to take from every mature person a dinar or its equivalent in Ma'afiri cloth. Yahya ibn Adam said: This jizyah was upon the people of Yemen who were Arab people, because they were People of the Book. Do you not see that he said: 'No Jew shall be turned away from his Judaism' — meaning in another narration.