Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ بِشْرَانَ بِبَغْدَادَ أنبأ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ ثنا سَعْدَانُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ ثنا مُعَاذُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ قَالَ أَرْسَلَ إِلِيَّ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ ؓ فَأَبْطَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ إِلِيَّ فَأَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَرَى لَوْ أَنِّي أَمَرْتُكَ أَنْ تَعَضَّ عَلَى حَجَرِ كَذَا وَكَذَا ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِي لَفَعَلْتَ اخْتَرْتُ لَكَ خَيْرَ عَمَلٍ فَكَرِهْتَهُ إِنِّي أَكْتُبُ لَكَ سُنَّةَ عُمَرَ قُلْتُ فَاكْتُبْ لِي سُنَّةَ عُمَرَ ؓ قَالَ فَكَتَبَ مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ مِنْ كُلِّ أَرْبَعِينَ دِرْهَمًا دِرْهَمٌ وَمَنْ أَهْلِ الذِّمَّةِ مِنْ كُلِّ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَمًا دِرْهَمٌ وَمِمَّنْ لَا ذِمَّةَ لَهُ مِنْ كُلِّ عَشَرَةِ دَرَاهِمَ دِرْهَمٌ قَالَ قُلْتُ مَنْ لَا ذِمَّةَ لَهُ؟ قَالَ الرُّومُ كَانُوا يَقْدَمُونَ الشَّامَ
English Translation
Abu al-Husayn ibn Bishran in Baghdad informed us, Isma'il ibn Muhammad al-Saffar narrated to us, Sa'dan ibn Nasr narrated to us, Mu'adh ibn Mu'adh narrated to us from Ibn 'Awn, from Anas ibn Sirin, who said: Anas ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) sent for me, and I was delayed. Then he sent for me again, and I came to him. He said: "I used to think that if I ordered you to bite on such-and-such a stone seeking my pleasure, you would do it. I chose for you the best work, and you disliked it. I will write for you the practice (sunnah) of 'Umar." I said: "Then write for me the practice of 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him)." He said: He wrote: From the Muslims, from every forty dirhams, one dirham; from the people of the covenant, from every twenty dirhams, one dirham; and from those who have no covenant, the full tenth.