عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ الزُّرَقِيِّ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا يُكْرُونَ الْمَزَارِعَ فِي زَمَانِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْمَاذِيَانَاتِ وَمَا سَقَى الرَّبِيعُ وَشَيْءٍ مِنَ التِّبْنِ فَكَرِهَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كِرَاءَ الْمَزَارِعِ بِهَذَا وَنَهَى عَنْهَا وَقَالَ رَافِعٌ وَلَا بَأْسَ بِكِرَائِهَا بِالدَّرَاهِمِ وَالدَّنَانِيرِ
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Rafi’ bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) that during the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), people used to lease out fields for crops irrigated by large canals, for crops irrigated by small canals, and for some fodder or straw. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) disliked this method of leasing fields and forbade it. Then Sayyiduna Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) said: However, there is no harm in leasing for dirhams and dinars.