Did Muhammad ever agree to pay anything?

Submitted by Prashant (United States), Jun 14, 2022 at 10:27

Dear Readers, While researching the history of Islam when Muhammad was still alive, I come across many instances where Muhammad defeated a non-Muslim tribe into submission and forced them into treaties which benefited Muslims. In some of these treaties the vanquished people were required to pay the Muslims half of their produce. In others they were required to disclose their treasures to Muslims.

I am investigating if there was any treaty in which Muhammad agreed to pay anything to anyone. I never found evidence of any such treaty. I will appreciate if people can provide examples if they exist.

My hypothesis is that Muhammad was an extremely smart and cruel politician/army-general who exploited relatively naive people who did not understand his full designs. For example, while other tribes in the then Arabia were only fighting economic and political battles, Muhammad was the only one who was fighting a religious war. Muhammad knew what he was doing but others did not.

I will appreciate any citations.

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