صحيح البخاري
Sahih Bukhari
كتاب الهبة
The Book of Gifts and The Superiority of Giving Gifts and The Exhortation for Giving Gifts
بَابُ فَضْلِ الْمَنِيحَةِ:
(35) Chapter. The superiority of the Maniha, i.e., a milch she-camel or a sheep lent to somebody to use its milk and return it to its owner afterwards.
Hadith 2634
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ ، عَنْ عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ طَاوُسٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي أَعْلَمُهُمْ بِذَاكَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَرَجَ إِلَى أَرْضٍ تَهْتَزُّ زَرْعًا ، فَقَالَ : لِمَنْ هَذِهِ ؟ فَقَالُوا : اكْتَرَاهَا فُلَانٌ ، فَقَالَ : " أَمَا إِنَّهُ لَوْ مَنَحَهَا إِيَّاهُ كَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ عَلَيْهَا أَجْرًا مَعْلُومًا " .
Narrated Tawus: That he was told by the most learned one amongst them (i.e. Ibn `Abbas) that the Prophet went towards some land which was flourishing with vegetation and asked to whom it belonged. He was told that such and such a person took it on rent. The Prophet said, "It would have been better (for the owner) if he had given it to him gratis rather than charging him a fixed rent.
