Partnership with a Jew or Christian

Abu Hamzah said: I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): My father is a trader in sheep, and he sometimes takes a Jew or a Christian as his partner; is it right to do so? He said: Do not take a Jew, a Christian or a Magian as a partner. I asked him the reason, and he said: Because they deal in usury (riba), whereas usury is forbidden.

Ata said: Do not enter into partnership with a Jew or a Christian, and do not let them pass in front of you in your prayer; if they pass, they are like the dog (that is, the prayer will be broken).

Al-Hasan said: If the Muslim himself does the buying and selling, there is no harm in taking a Jew or a Christian as a partner.

Ibn Sirin said: Do not give a dhimmi money for mudarabah, but you may take money from him as mudarabah. When you pass by the zakah collectors with that money, tell them that it is a dhimmi's money.

Ata, Tawus and Mujahid used to consider partnership with a Jew or a Christian disliked (makruh).

Al-Dahhak said: Partnership with a polytheist is not proper in farming, nor in matters in which he is out of sight, because in the polytheist's religion usury and the price of swine are lawful.

Iyas bin Mu'awiyah said: If you yourself handle the money, you may enter into partnership with a Jew or a Christian.

Al-Hasan said: You may take mudarabah money from the dhimmis, but you may not give it to them.