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and the believers. So long as they pay the poll-tax,
nothing but good shall befall them. 21
Perhaps most famous of all is the agreement between
‘Umar ibn al-Khattab and the people of Jerusalem:
This is the assurance of safety (aman) which the servant
of God ‘Umar, the Commander of the Faithful,
has granted to the people of Jerusalem. He has given
them an assurance of safety for themselves, for their
property, their churches, their crosses, the sick and
healthy of the city, and for all the rituals that belong to
their religion.Their churches will not be inhabited [by
Muslims] nor will they be destroyed. Neither they, nor
the land on which they stand, nor their crosses, nor
their property will be damaged. They will not be
forcibly converted … The people of Jerusalem must
pay the poll-tax like the people of [other] cities, and
they must expel the Byzantines and the robbers … 22
Such agreements also applied to other religions as well.
This is the treaty made between the Prophet’s Companion
Habib ibn Maslamah and the people of Dabil:
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the
Merciful.This is a treaty of Habib ibn Maslamah with
the Christians, Magians [i.e., Zoroastrians], and Jews
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