Yahya ibn-Adam from Bishr ibn-'Asim and 'Uthman ibn-'Abdallah ibn-Aus: Sufyan ibn-'Abdallah ath-Thakafi wrote to 'Umar ibn-al- Khattab, whose 'amil he was in at-Ta'if, stating that before him was the case of a garden in which vine-trees grow, as well as plum and pomegranate trees and other things that are many folds more productive than vines, and soliciting 'Umar's orders regarding the taking of