Hazrat Muhammad bin Abdur Rahman bin Yazid al-Nakha'i (may Allah have mercy on him) says that I asked my father, "O father! Did you participate in jihad during the governorship of Hajjaj?" He replied, "O son! I have even seen those people who were harsher than you regarding the matter of Hajjaj, but even then they did not abandon jihad. And if people had the same opinion as you do, then even the tribute (kharaj) would not have been paid."