Sunan Abi Dawud · Commercial Transactions (Kitab Al-Buyu)
باب فِي الْمُزَارَعَةِ
Chapter: Muzara’ah (Sharecropping).
5 hadith · references 3389–3393
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Abu Dawud · 3389لَأَنْ يَمْنَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَرْضَهُ ، خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ عَلَيْهَا خَرَاجًا مَعْلُومًاAmr ibn Dinar said: I heard Ibn Umar say: We did not see any harm in sharecropping till I heard Rafi ibn Khadij say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has forbidden it. So I mentioned it to Tawus. He said: Ibn Abbas told me that 4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3390إِنْ كَانَ هَذَا شَأْنَكُمْ ، فَلَا تُكْرُوا الْمَزَارِعَNarrated Urwah bin al-Zubair: That Zayd ibn Thabit said: May Allah forgive Rafi ibn Khadij. I swear by Allah, I have more knowledge of Hadith than him. Two persons of the Ansar (according to the version of Musaddad) came9 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 3391كُنَّا نُكْرِي الْأَرْضَ بِمَا عَلَى السَّوَاقِي مِنِ الزَّرْعِ ، وَمَا سَعِدَ بِالْمَاءِ مِنْهَا ، فَنَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ وَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نُكْرِيَهَا بِذَهَبٍ أَوْ فِضّNarrated Saad: We used to lease land for what grew by the streamlets and for what was watered from them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us to do that, and commanded us to lease if for gold or silver.7 narratorsAbu Dawud · 3392لَا بَأْسَ بِهَا إِنَّمَا كَانَ النَّاسُ يُؤَاجِرُونَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَا عَلَى الْمَاذِيَانَاتِ ، وَأَقْبَالِ الْجَدَاوِلِ ، وَأَشْيَاءَ مِنِ الزَّرْعِ ، فَيَهْلَكُ هَذَاNarrated Hanzlah bin Qais al-Ansari: I asked Rafi bin Khadij about the lease of land for gold and silver (i. e. for dinars and dirhams). There is no harm in it, for the people used to let out land in the time of the Mess8 narrators·parallel chainAbu Dawud · 3393نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ كِرَاءِ الْأَرْضِ ، فَقَالَ : أَبِالذَّهَبِ وَالْوَرِقِ ، فَقُلْتُ : أَمَّا بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْوَرِقِ فَلَا بَأْسَ بِهِHanzalah ibn Qays said that he asked Rafi ibn Khadij about the lease of land. He replied: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade the leasing of land. I asked: (Did he forbid) for gold and silver (i. e. dinars and dirhams)? He 5 narrators