٤ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي يَحْيَى الْوَاسِطِيِّ عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالَ سُئِلَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ الْسَّلام) عَنِ الْمَجُوسِ أَ كَانَ لَهُمْ نَبِيٌّ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ أَ مَا بَلَغَكَ كِتَابُ رَسُولِ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) إِلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ أَنْ أَسْلِمُوا وَإِلاَّ نَابَذْتُكُمْ بِحَرْبٍ فَكَتَبُوا إِلَى رَسُولِ الله (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) أَنْ خُذْ مِنَّا الْجِزْيَةَ وَدَعْنَا عَلَى عِبَادَةِ الأوْثَانِ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِمُ النَّبِيُّ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) أَنِّي لَسْتُ آخُذُ الْجِزْيَةَ إِلاَّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ فَكَتَبُوا إِلَيْهِ يُرِيدُونَ بِذَلِكَ تَكْذِيبَهُ زَعَمْتَ أَنَّكَ لاَ تَأْخُذُ الْجِزْيَةَ إِلاَّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتَ الْجِزْيَةَ مِنْ مَجُوسِ هَجَرَ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِمُ النَّبِيُّ (صلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) أَنَّ الْمَجُوسَ كَانَ لَهُمْ نَبِيٌّ فَقَتَلُوهُ وَكِتَابٌ أَحْرَقُوهُ أَتَاهُمْ نَبِيُّهُمْ بِكِتَابِهِمْ فِي اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ أَلْفَ جِلْدِ ثَوْرٍ.
4. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from abu Yahya al-Wasitiy from certain persons of our people who has said the following: “Once abu ‘Abd Allah, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, was asked about the case of Zoroastrians if they had a prophet. He (the Imam) said, ‘Yes, they had a prophet. Have you not heard about the letter of the Messenger of Allah to the people of Makkah? He asked them to accept Islam, otherwise, war is declared against you. They wrote back to the Messenger of Allah asking him to receive al-Jizyah and leave them to worship their idols. The Holy prophet wrote to them, ‘I receive al-Jizyah only from the people of the book? They then wrote to him (the Messenger of Allah) to rebut him, ‘You think that you do not receive al-Jizyah except from the people of the book and then receive al-Jizyah from Majus (Zoroastrians) who have migrated? The Holy prophet wrote to them, ‘Majus had a prophet but they killed him. They had a book, which they burnt. Their prophet brought them a book on twelve thousand skins of bull? 