On the authority of Mu‘adh: that when the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, sent him to Yemen, he commanded him to take from every adult — meaning one who has reached puberty — one dinar, or its equivalent in Ma‘afir garments, which were produced in Yemen. (1)

3039 — Al-Nufayli narrated to us, Abu Mu‘awiyah narrated to us, al-A‘mash narrated to us, on the authority of Ibrahim, on the authority of Masruq, on the authority of Mu‘adh, on the authority of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, the like of it. (2)

3040 — Al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azim narrated to us, ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Hani’ Abu Nu‘aym al-Nakha‘i narrated to us, Sharik informed us, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Muhajir, on the authority of Ziyad ibn Hudayr, who said:

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(1) A sound hadith, and this chain consists of trustworthy narrators; discussion of it has preceded under number (1576). Abu Wa’il: he is Shaqiq ibn Salamah, and al-A‘mash: he is Sulayman ibn Mihran, and Abu Mu‘awiyah: he is Muhammad ibn Khazim al-Darir. See what follows it.

(2) A sound hadith, and this chain consists of trustworthy narrators; discussion of it has preceded under number (1576). Masruq: he is Ibn al-Ajda‘, and Ibrahim: he is Ibn Yazid al-Nakha‘i. See what precedes it.

Al-Khattabi said: In his statement "from every adult" there is evidence that the jizyah is only obligatory upon the males among them, not the females, because "adult" is an expression for the man; thus it is not obligatory upon women, nor upon the insane or children.

In it there is also clarification that the dinar is accepted from all of them alike, their rich and their middle-class being equal in that regard, because the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, sent him to Yemen and commanded him to fight them, then commanded him to refrain from them if they gave a dinar, and made the payment of the dinar a protection for their blood. Thus whoever gives it has protected his blood. This is the view al-Shafi‘i held; he said: It is only upon every adult free man, not upon slaves.

The people of opinion (ahl al-ra’y) and Ahmad ibn Hanbal said: It is imposed upon the affluent among them as forty-eight dirhams, upon the middle-class as twenty-four, and upon the poor as twelve.

Ahmad said: In accordance with what they can afford. It was said to him: So it may increase or decrease in this time? He said: Yes, in accordance with their capacity and in accordance with what the imam deems appropriate. Al-Shafi‘i suspended his opinion regarding imposing the jizyah upon the poor.