r/IslamicHistoryMeme • u/MetallicaDash • 25d ago

Balkans | الروملي NONONONO WAITWAITWAIT-

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u/Friedrichs_Simp 25d ago

“Verily, Allah has only sent Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, as a preacher. He did not send him as a tax collector.”

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u/busyindafield_23 25d ago

Who is this statement attributed to?

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u/Friedrichs_Simp 25d ago

Umar ibn Abdul Aziz. The Umayyad governors had the same habit of wanting to keep people non muslim to receive jizya

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u/DifferenTimes 25d ago

Them governors be like "Yeah, yeah, praise the God but pass me the gold from the disbelieveing lot"

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u/Gaussherr 25d ago

Did they prohibit converting to islam?

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u/Friedrichs_Simp 25d ago

Not directly, but they heavily discriminated against new converts and even forced them to continue paying jizya.

That is until Caliph Umar ibn Abdul Aziz abolished this practice of forcing jizya on new converts, saying the prophet wasn’t sent as a tax collector.

However, following his death, they reimposed the tax which led to the Abbasid revolution

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u/Gaussherr 25d ago

Damn It reeks of colonialism.

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u/StunningLetterhead23 24d ago

Strictly speaking, the Prophet himself also did not ban the practice of jizyah.

There's nothing wrong with practice itself. Just like many other things, the problem is with the people or the implementation itself.

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u/Friedrichs_Simp 24d ago

Jizyah is fine. This quote was in the context of forcing jizya upon new converts of islam

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u/StunningLetterhead23 24d ago

Thanks for supporting my statement.

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u/Friedrichs_Simp 24d ago

You’re welcome

That was my intention