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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب البيوعCommercial Transactions (Kitab Al-Buyu)
باب فِي الْمُزَارَعَةِChapter: Muzara’ah (Sharecropping).
Hadith 3389
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ ، يَقُولُ : مَا كُنَّا نَرَى بِالْمُزَارَعَةِ بَأْسًا ، حَتَّى سَمِعْتُ رَافِعَ بْنَ خَدِيجٍ ، يَقُولُ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْه وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْهَا ، فَذَكَرْتُهُ لِطَاوُسٍ ، فَقَالَ : قَالَ لِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَنْهَ عَنْهَا ، وَلَكِنْ قَالَ : " لَأَنْ يَمْنَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَرْضَهُ ، خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ عَلَيْهَا خَرَاجًا مَعْلُومًا " .
Amr 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 the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had not forbidden it, but said: It is better for one of you to lend to his brother than to take a prescribed sum from him.
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Brief Explanation
1؎: The permissible form of muzara‘ah (sharecropping) is that the amount of grain obtained from the land is determined in such a way between the owner and the sharecropper that no dispute arises between them, and both are partners in the agreed-upon profit and loss related to the grain. Or, the land is given on sharecropping in exchange for a fixed amount of money. The form of muzara‘ah that is impermissible according to the Shari‘ah is mentioned in the hadith of Hanzalah bin Qays, number (3392).
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
It is not haram (forbidden) or impermissible to give land on the basis of sharecropping or for a portion of the produce.
However, if one gives it without compensation, then it is better.
It is not haram (forbidden) or impermissible to give land on the basis of sharecropping or for a portion of the produce.
However, if one gives it without compensation, then it is better.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3389
Shaykh Muhammad Ibrahim bin Basheer
Benefit:
It is established from this hadith that giving land on a sharecropping basis is permissible, as long as there is no deception involved. If there is deception in it, then it is not permissible at that time. Both the owner of the land and the sharecropper will be partners in both profit and loss.
It is established from this hadith that giving land on a sharecropping basis is permissible, as long as there is no deception involved. If there is deception in it, then it is not permissible at that time. Both the owner of the land and the sharecropper will be partners in both profit and loss.
Source: Musnad al-Humaydi: Commentary by Muhammad Ibrahim bin Bashir, Page: 519
