English Translation

Yahya (upon him be peace) related to me from Malik from Hadrat Zayd ibn Aslam from his father that he said to Umar ibn al-Khattab, "There is a blind she- camel behind the house,'' soUmar said, "Hand it over to a household so that they can make (some) use of it." He said, "But she is blind." Umar replied, "Then put it in a line with other camels." He said, "How will it be able to eat from the ground?" Umar asked, "Is it from the livestock of the jizya or the zakat?" and Aslam replied, "From the livestock of the jizya." Umar said, "By AIIah, you wish to eat it." Aslam said, "It has the brand of the jizya on it." So Umar ordered it to be slaughtered. He had nine platters, and on each of the platters he put some of every fruit and delicacy that there was and then sent them to the wives of the Noble Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and the one he sent to his daughter Hadrat Hafsa was the last of them all, and if there was any deficiency in any of them it was in Hadrat Hafsa's portion. "He put meat from the slaughtered animal on the platters and sent them to the wives of the Noble Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) and he ordered what was left of the meat of the slaughtered animal to be prepared. Then he invited the Muhajirun and the Ansar to eat it." Malik said, "I do not think that livestock should be taken from people who pay the jizya except as jizya."