12 Facts About Jizya

Jizya is a per capita yearly taxation historically levied in the form of financial charge on dhimmis, that is, permanent non-Muslim subjects of a state governed by Islamic law.

Jizya rate was usually a fixed annual amount depending on the financial capability of the payer.

Jizya is sanctioned by the Qur'an based on the following verse:.

Jizya was considered one of the basic tax revenues for the early Islamic state along with zakat, kharaj, and others, and was collected by the Bayt al-Mal.

Jizya received divine sanction in 630 when the term was mentioned in a Quranic verse.

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Jizya's officials seized and sold these slaves in growing Sultanate cities where there was a great demand of slave labour.

Jizya ordered minting of coins from base metals with face value of precious metals.

Jizya announced that any Hindus who converted to Islam would become exempt from taxes and jizya as well as receive gifts from him.

Jizya was later abolished by the third Mughal emperor Akbar, in 1579.

Jizya collected from Christian and Jewish communities was among the main sources of tax income of the Ottoman treasury.

Jizya was eliminated in Algeria and Tunisia in the 19th century, but continued to be collected in Morocco until the first decade of the 20th century.

Late Islamic scholar Abul A'la Maududi, of Pakistan, said that Jizya should be re-imposed on non-Muslims in a Muslim nation.