The practice of Hazrat Umar Farooq رضي الله عنه

The practice of Hazrat Umar Farooq رضي الله عنه

The topic under consideration is quite lengthy. I have placed before you five examples: (1) Protection of life, (2) of wealth and property, (3) of honour, (4) of belief and (5) of the means of livelihood. These represent man's five basic necessaries of life. The important point worth noting in this behalf is that champions of these Rights are found everywhere but among the protectors and guarantors of these rights is only the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم and his Noble Companions رضي الله عنهم old, and their followers.

It was during the Caliphate of Hazrat Umar رضي الله عنه, that the Jizya (Poll) tax was collected from the non-Muslims
living in baitul-Muqaddas (Jerusalem) in lieu of the protection provided to them for their lives and wealth and properties. Once it became necessary to detach the army from Jerusalem and send it to some other battle fiont under some emergency. Hazrat Umar Farooq رضي الله عنه, said that they had taken upon themselves to protect the lives and properties of the unbelievers living in Jerusalem in lieu of Jazya. If the army was removed from there, who would provide them this protection? The situation was explained to the non-Muslims that under some emergency the army was being sent to some other front and they could not provide protection for their lives and properties. As such, the entire amount of the Jizya collected from them was returned to them.