Hadith 106

(The book) ‘Tehzeeb al Ahkam’ – Sa’ad Bin Abdullah, from ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Ibrahim Bin Imran al Shaybani, from Yunus Bin Ibrahim, from Yahya Bin Al Ash’as Al Kindy, from Mus’ab Bin Yazeed Al Ansary who said, ‘Amir Al-Momineen Ali-asws Bin Abu Talib-asws utilised me (as a governor) upon four areas of Al-Madain, Al-Bihqubazat, and river Sheyriya, and river Juweyr, and river Al-Malik, and he-asws instructed me that I place (taxation) upon each four hops of a thick plantation of a Dirham and a half, and a Dirham upon every four hops of a plantation, and two-thirds of a Dirham upon every four hops of a thin plantation, and ten Dirhams upon every four hops of grape-vine, and ten Dirhams upon every four hops of palm trees, and ten Dirhams upon every four hops of the orchard which the palm trees and the trees are gathered. And he-asws instructed me that I should cast every palm tree for the one coming from the town, for a passer-by on the road, and traveller, and I should not take anything from it. And he-asws instructed me that I place forty-eight Dirhams upon the two canals which the riders are riding and wearing rings of gold, and upon their middle class and the traders from them twenty four Dirhams upon each man, and ten Dirhams upon their lower class and their poor, upon each person from them’. He said, ‘I collected eight million Dirhams during a year’’. [2]