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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
كتاب المساقاة والمزارعة وكراء الأرضBook of Sharecropping, Agricultural Partnerships, and Land Leasing
بَابُ حُجَّةِ مَنْ مَنَعَ كِرَاءَ الْأَرْضِ بِبَعْضِ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا إِلَّا بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِChapter: The evidence of those who prohibit renting land for a share of its produce except for gold and silver
Hadith 6127
اُردوEn
عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ أَصْحَابَ الْمَزَارِعِ فِي زَمَانِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانُوا يُكْرُونَ مَزَارِعَهُمْ بِمَا يَكُونُ عَلَى السَّوَاقِي مِنَ الزَّرْعِ وَمَا سَعِدَ بِالْمَاءِ مِمَّا حَوْلَ الْبِئْرِ فَجَاءُوا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَاخْتَصَمُوا فِي بَعْضِ ذَلِكَ فَنَهَاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُكْرُوا بِذَلِكَ وَقَالَ اكْرُوا بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ
Narrated by Sayyiduna Sa’d bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him): In the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), the owners of fields used to lease their lands in exchange for that portion of land where water channels flowed or around wells where water would rise by itself. But when they brought some disputes regarding these matters to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he forbade them from leasing land in this manner and said: Lease land in exchange for gold and silver.
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … From this chapter, it is understood that the reason for prohibiting leasing land was that the owner would reserve certain portions of the land for himself as rent, which would sometimes result in the owner gaining more benefit and the sharecropper (muzari‘) incurring a loss, and sometimes the opposite. Secondly, this issue is established that it is permissible to give land on contract, for example, to lease one acre of land for one year in exchange for eight thousand rupees.
