Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 1831

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ جُنَيْدٍ الدَّامَغَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَتَّابُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَمْزَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُغِيرَةَ الأَزْدِيَّ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ حَيَّانَ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ، قَالَ بَعَثَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ إِلَى الْبَحْرَيْنِ - أَوْ إِلَى هَجَرَ - فَكُنْتُ آتِي الْحَائِطَ يَكُونُ بَيْنَ الإِخْوَةِ يُسْلِمُ أَحَدُهُمْ فَآخُذُ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِ الْعُشْرَ وَمِنَ الْمُشْرِكِ الْخَرَاجَ ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Al-Husayn ibn Junayd al-Damagani narrated to us; Attab ibn Ziyad al-Marwazi narrated to us; Abu Hamzah narrated to us, saying: I heard Mughirah al-Azdi relate from Muhammad ibn Zayd, from Hayyan al-A‘raj, from al-Ala ibn al-Hadrami, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me to Bahrain—or to Hajar. I would come to an orchard shared between brothers, one of whom had become Muslim, and take one-tenth from the Muslim and kharaj from the polytheist.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The source gives two possible destinations, Bahrain or Hajar. Kharaj is retained as the source’s tax term.