[Fred Nerks]

USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts:


http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/reference/searchhadith.html

[RS]

Oh, I never doubted you for a minute Fred ... a good source you found.

But it does seem a very curious word to choose for the translations. You would suppose that if a follower of the religion did the translating they might have used "tribute" or even "tax".