History of the Qaraunah Turks in India c12.17

c12.17

Naturally a great many people who stuck to their beliefs and wished to save their lives paid the Jeziyah. The payment of the Jeziyah both according to the Hanafis and Shafis is accompanied by humiliation and degradation. The Jurists lay down in detail the procedure which is to be followed in making the payment. Aghnides, Muhammadan Theories of Finance, Vol. LXX, pp. 398–407 highest kind of obedience.⁵ God has commanded the abasement of the Hindus. Their degradation is especially enjoined by Islam, because they are the worst enemies of the Prophet. The Prophet has also enjoined their spoliation, plunder and enslavement. They should either be compelled to embrace Islam or they should be killed and their goods should be seized. None of our great jurists except Abu Hanifah has ordained the imposition of the Jeziyah. There is no alternative between Islam and death."