To the governor of Ardasheer Khorra in Iran

To Masqalah ibn Hubayrah ash-Shaybānī, the Governor of Ardashīr Khurrah (Iran).

I have come to know concerning you a matter which if you have done it you have displeased your Allāh and disobeyed your Imam. You are distributing among the Arabs (Bedouins) of your kin who tend towards you the property…

By Allāh Who germinated the seed and created living beings, if this is true you will be humbled in my view and you will become light in weight. Therefore, do not treat lightly the obligations of your Lord and do not…

Know that the right of those Muslims who are around you and those who are around me in this property is equal. For that reason they come to me and take from it.