The Prophet's Appointments in Yemen

al-Baladhuri, in Futuh al-Buldan, reports that when the people of Yemen embraced Islam after learning of the Prophet's coming, he sent to them his envoys and governors. Their task was to teach them the laws of Islam, to collect their alms, and to levy the poll tax from those who remained Christian, Jewish or Magian. ¹

• Sanaa: according to al-Waqidi, the Prophet appointed Khalid ibn Said ibn al-As. Others said that he appointed al-Muhajir ibn Abi Umayya, and he was in that post when the Prophet died. Others said that Abu Bakr was the one who appointed him, and that the Prophet had appointed Khalid over the districts of upper Yemen. According to Hisham ibn al-Kalbi and al-Haytham ibn Adi, he appointed al-Muhajir over Kinda and al-Sadaf.
• Hadramawt: Ziyad ibn Labid al-Bayadi.
• Zabid, Raima, Aden and the coast: Abu Musa al-Ash'ari.
• Al-Janad: Muadh ibn Jabal, who was given the judgeship and the collection of all the alms of Yemen.
• Najran: Amr ibn Hazm. It was also said that after him he appointed Abu Sufyan ibn Harb.

al-Baladhuri says that they agreed on the appointment of Ziyad, Abu Musa, Muadh and Amr ibn Hazm. Sanaa and Kinda remain matters of disagreement, as noted above. ¹

The letter of Muadh stated that the alms should be taken from wheat, barley, dates, raisins and millet. When the awaqis of cattle and honey were brought to him, he said: "I was not commanded in this with anything." ¹

The date is approximate, falling at the end of the Prophet's life, and the book gives no separate date for it.