Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو سَمِعَ بَجَالَةَ يَقُولُ كُنْتُ كَاتِبًا لِجَزْءِ بْنِ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَمِّ الْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ فَأَتَانَا كِتَابُ عُمَرَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِسَنَةٍ أَنْ اقْتُلُوا كُلَّ سَاحِرٍ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ سُفْيَانُ وَسَاحِرَةٍ وَفَرِّقُوا بَيْنَ كُلِّ ذِي مَحْرَمٍ مِنْ الْمَجُوسِ وَانْهَوْهُمْ عَنْ الزَّمْزَمَةِ فَقَتَلْنَا ثَلَاثَةَ سَوَاحِرَ وَجَعَلْنَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيْنَ الرَّجُلِ وَبَيْنَ حَرِيمَتِهِ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَصَنَعَ جَزْءٌ طَعَامًا كَثِيرًا وَعَرَضَ السَّيْفَ عَلَى فَخِذِهِ وَدَعَا الْمَجُوسَ فَأَلْقَوْا وِقْرَ بَغْلٍ أَوْ بَغْلَيْنِ مِنْ وَرِقٍ وَأَكَلُوا مِنْ غَيْرِ زَمْزَمَةٍ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ عُمَرُ أَخَذَ وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ سُفْيَانُ قَبِلَ الْجِزْيَةَ مِنْ الْمَجُوسِ حَتَّى شَهِدَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَخَذَهَا مِنْ مَجُوسِ هَجَرَ و قَالَ أَبِي قَالَ سُفْيَانُ حَجَّ بَجَالَةُ مَعَ مُصْعَبٍ سَنَةَ سَبْعِينَ.
English Translation
Bajalah said: I was a scribe for Jaz' ibn Mu'awiyah, the uncle of al-Ahnaf ibn Qays. A letter from Umar came to us a year before his death: 'Kill every sorcerer, separate every forbidden marriage among the Zoroastrians, and forbid them from their humming chant.' So we killed three sorcerers and began separating men from their prohibited kinswomen according to the Book of Allah. Jaz' prepared a great feast and placed his sword on his thigh, then invited the Zoroastrians. They deposited the load of a mule or two of silver, and they ate without their humming chant. Umar had not accepted the jizyah from the Zoroastrians until Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf testified that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) had taken it from the Zoroastrians of Hajar.