A letter of Hz Umar RA

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A letter from Hz Umar :RA:

In the name of Allah :swt: , the compassionate, the merciful. This is what Khalid ibn al-Walid :RA: would grant to the inhabitants of Damascus if he enters therein: he promises to give them security for their lives, property, and churches. Their city shall not be demolished, neither shall any Muslim be quartered in their houses. Thereunto we give them the pact of Allah :swt: and the protection of his Prophet :saw: , the caliphs, and the believers. So long as they pay the poll tax, nothing but good shall befall them.

Philip K. Hitti,History of the Arabs, 8th ed. (London, 1964), p. 150; Zachary Karabell,Peace Be Upon You(New York: Knopf, 2007), p. 27
 
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