He (Ibn Sa’d) said: Muhammad lbn ‘Umar al-Aslami informed us; he
said: An old man of Damah related to me:
Verily, the Apostle of Allah, may Allah bless him, wrote this epistle to
Ukaydir. He brought me this epistle; I read it and made a copy of it. This
epistle was written to Ukaydir when he had accepted Islam, pulled down
idols and images with Khàlid Ibn al-Walid, the Sword of Allah, in
Dumah al-Jundal and its vicinity. In the name of Allah, the Beneficent,
the Merciful. He will own land adjoining the shallow ponds, uncultivable,
demarcated and undermarcated land, armours, weapons, wells and
castles. (0 people of Dumah), to you belong trunks of date-palms and
running water in the populated area. After paying one-fifth, your animals
will not be prevented from grazing in lands, and those animals which are
exempt from tax will be counted. You will not be prevented from
(cutting) grass, and nothing else besides the ushr will be realized from you. Offer prayers in time, pay zakàh that is due; and you will abide by this covenant and testament, and this will be an evidence of your sincereity and your intention of fulfilling (the promise). Allah bears witness to it and also the Muslims who are present.Muhammad Ibn Umar said: al-duhl (means) little water, al-maámi, undemarcated land, al-dàminah, date palms well-rooted la tudal sárihatukum means, will not
be prevented from grazing; al-farid, exempted from tax; [P. 37] al-agh
fal, on whose border there is land; al-main, running water; al-thabat, the old date-palms having their roots fixed in ground. He (lbn Said) said: When (the people of) Dumah, Aylah and Tayma saw the Arabs embracing Islam, they became afraid of the Prophet. He (Ibn Sad) said: Yuhannah Ibn Rubah (Al-Qamus gives Radhbah)
came before the Prophet, may Allah bless him; he was the sovereign of
Aylah and he was afraid lest the Prophet, might send (a force) as he had
done in the case of Ukaydir; along with him came the people of Syria,
Yaman, al-Bahr, Jarba and Adhruh. They approached him, and he made
peace with them. He imposed fixed amount of jizyah on them and wrote
this epistle: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. This
(treaty of) peace is from Allah and Muhammad the Prophet, the Apostle
of Allah, to Yuhannah Ibn Rubah and to the people of Aylah, concerning
their boats and caravans in land and sea. There is the guarantee of Allah
and the guarantee of Muhammad, the Apostle of Allah, to them and those
from Syria, Yaman and al-Bahr who are with them. If any one introduces
anything new, his person will not be saved by his wealth and it will be
lawful for anyone who seizes it. They will not be allowed to prevent the
people from (taking) water when they halt, nor will they prevent people
from travelling in land or on the sea. This was scribed by Juhaym Ibn alSalt and Shurahbil Ibn Hasanah under orders from the Apostle of Allah.
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 