Hadith 72
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Hadith.1667 - It is narrated from Mus'ab ibn Yazid al-Ansari, who said
Amir al-Mu'minin Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) appointed me over four districts of al-Mada'in: Behqubadat, Behrasir, Nahr Jawbar, and Nahr al-Malik. He instructed me to impose the following taxes:
- One and a half dirhams for each jareeb (unit of land) of dense cultivation.
- One dirham for each jareeb of average cultivation.
- Two-thirds of a dirham for each jareeb of light cultivation.
- Ten dirhams for each jareeb of vineyards.
- Ten dirhams for each jareeb of date palm groves.
- Ten dirhams for each jareeb of gardens containing a mix of trees and palms.
He (Imam (as)) further commanded me to leave any stray date palm trees outside the villages for travelers and wayfarers, taking nothing from them.
He (Imam (as)) also instructed me to impose:
- Forty-eight dirhams on the dahqin (landowners) who ride fine horses and wear gold rings.
- Twenty-four dirhams on those of moderate means among them and their merchants.
- Twelve dirhams on their lower classes and poor.
He added: "I collected eighteen million dirhams in one year."
1667 - رُوِيَ عَنْ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ اَلْأَنْصَارِيِّ قَالَ
اِسْتَعْمَلَنِي أَمِيرُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَلَى أَرْبَعَةِ رَسَاتِيقَ اَلْمَدَائِنِ اَلْبِهْقُبَاذَاتِ وَ بَهُرَسِيرَ وَ نَهَرِ جَوْبَرَ وَ نَهَرِ اَلْمَلِكِ وَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضَعَ عَلَى كُلِّ جَرِيبِ زَرْعٍ غَلِيظٍ دِرْهَماً وَ نِصْفاً وَ عَلَى كُلِّ جَرِيبٍ وَسَطٍ دِرْهَماً وَ عَلَى كُلِّ جَرِيبِ زَرْعٍ رَقِيقٍ ثُلُثَيْ دِرْهَمٍ وَ عَلَى كُلِّ جَرِيبِ كَرْمٍ عَشَرَةَ دَرَاهِمَ وَ عَلَى كُلِّ جَرِيبِ نَخْلٍ عَشَرَةَ دَرَاهِمَ وَ عَلَى كُلِّ جَرِيبِ اَلْبَسَاتِينِ اَلَّتِي تَجْمَعُ اَلنَّخْلَ وَ اَلشَّجَرَةَ عَشَرَةَ دَرَاهِمَ وَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أُلْقِيَ كُلَّ نَخْلٍ شَاذٍّ عَنِ اَلْقُرَى لِمَارَّةِ اَلطَّرِيقِ وَ أَبْنَاءِ اَلسَّبِيلِ وَ لاَ آخُذَ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً وَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضَعَ عَلَى اَلدَّهَاقِينِ، اَلَّذِينَ يَرْكَبُونَ اَلْبَرَاذِينَ وَ يَتَخَتَّمُونَ بِالذَّهَبِ عَلَى كُلِّ رَجُلٍ مِنْهُمْ ثَمَانِيَةً وَ أَرْبَعِينَ دِرْهَماً وَ عَلَى أَوْسَاطِهِمْ وَ اَلتُّجَّارِ مِنْهُمْ عَلَى كُلِّ رَجُلٍ أَرْبَعَةً وَ عِشْرِينَ دِرْهَماً وَ عَلَى سَفِلَتِهِمْ وَ فُقَرَائِهِمْ عَلَى كُلِّ إِنْسَانٍ مِنْهُمُ اِثْنَيْ عَشَرَ دِرْهَماً قَالَ فَجَبَيْتُهَا ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ فِي سَنَةٍ.
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