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3158. Narrated ‘Amr bin ‘Aūf Al-Anṣārī, who was an ally of Bani ‘Āmr bin Lu’āi and one of those who had taken part in (the Ghazwa of) Badr : Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ sent Abū ‘Ubaida bin Al-Jarrāḥ to Baḥrain to collect the Jizya. Allāh’s Messenger ﷺ had established peace with the people of Baḥrain and appointed Al-‘Alā’ bin Al-Ḥaḍramī as their governor. When Abū ‘Ubaida came from Baḥrain with the money, the Anṣār heard of Abū Ubaida’s arrival which coincided with the time of the morning Ṣalāt (prayer) with the Prophet ﷺ. When Allāh’s Messenger led them in the morning prayer (Ṣalāt-al-Fajr) and finished, the Anṣār approached him, and he looked at them and smiled on seeing them and said, “I feel that you have heard that Abū ‘Ubaida has brought something?” They said, “Yes, O Allāh’s Messenger!” He said, “Rejoice and hope for what will please you! By Allāh, I am not afraid of your poverty but I am afraid that you will lead a life of luxury as past nations did, whereupon you will compete with each other for it, as they competed for it, and it will destroy you as it destroyed them.”
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(1) (H. 3156) ‘Umar رضي الله عنه did not want to force the Magians to give up their tradition, but to prevent them from practising publicly what was prohibited in Islām.
