Bajalah says: I was the scribe of Juz’ bin Mu’awiyah, who was the uncle of Ahnaf bin Qais. We received a letter from Sayyiduna ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), and this was one year before his death. In it, it was written:“Kill every male and female sorcerer, separate between every prohibited relationship among the Magians, and prevent them from the Zamzamah.”After this command, we killed three sorcerers and separated the unlawful relationships according to the Book of Allah. Juz’ had a lot of food prepared and invited the Magians, and he placed his sword on his thigh. They ate the food without performing the Zamzamah, and they gave as jizyah an amount of silver equal to the load of a mule or two mules. However, Sayyiduna ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) did not take this jizyah from them. Sometimes Sufyan, the narrator, would relate it thus: Sayyiduna ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) was not in favor of taking jizyah from the Magians, until Sayyiduna ‘Abdur Rahman bin ‘Awf (may Allah be pleased with him) testified that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had taken jizyah from the Magians of the region of Hajar. Then Sayyiduna ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) began to accept jizyah from the Magians.