Those who saw no harm in sharecropping for a half, a third or a quarter

Ibrahim bin Muhajir (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked Musa bin Talhah about sharecropping (muzara'ah), and he told me that Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) granted a piece of land each to Sayyiduna Khabbab, Sayyiduna Abdullah, Sayyiduna Sa'd and Sayyiduna Suhayb (may Allah be pleased with them). And I saw both of my neighbours, Sayyiduna Abdullah and Sayyiduna Sa'd, giving their land in sharecropping for a third and a quarter.

It is narrated from Abu Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave his land at Khaybar in sharecropping for a half.

Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to practise sharecropping for a third and a quarter.

Tawus said: Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) came to us while we were giving our lands in sharecropping for a third and a quarter, and he did not reproach us for it.

Something similar is narrated from Tawus.

It is narrated from Abu Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave his land to the people of Khaybar in sharecropping for a half. Then Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, Sayyiduna Umar, Sayyiduna Uthman and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with them) did the same, and then their families, to this day, give it for a third and a quarter.

Abu Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about giving land in sharecropping (muzara'ah) for a third or a quarter. He said: If you look at the families of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), you will find them doing this.

Kulayb bin Wa'il said: I said to Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): A man has his own land and water but has no seed or oxen. He gave his land to me in sharecropping (muzara'ah) for half, and I farmed it with my own seed and oxen, and (whatever came out) we divided in half. (Is it right to do this?) He said: It is very good.

Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) saw no harm in sharecropping (muzara'ah) for half.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: My land and my ox are the same.

Amr (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I heard Salim (may Allah have mercy on him) saying: Sayyiduna Ibn Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) went too far against himself. By Allah, we will certainly rent it out just as camels are rented out.

Tawus said: There is no harm in sharecropping (muzara'ah) for a half, a third or a quarter.

Ibn al-Aswad used to practise sharecropping (muzara'ah) with the villagers during the lifetime of his respected father.

Ibn al-Aswad (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I used to practise sharecropping (muzara'ah) for a third or a quarter, and I would carry it to Alqamah and al-Aswad (may Allah have mercy on them). If they had seen any harm in it, they would certainly have forbidden me from it.

Umar bin Abd al-Aziz ordered that lands be given in sharecropping (muzara'ah) for a third or a quarter.

Umar bin Abd al-Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) wrote to Adi (may Allah have mercy on him): Practise sharecropping (muzara'ah) for a third or a quarter.

Al-Qasim and Ibn Sirin saw no harm in a man giving his land to another in sharecropping (muzara'ah) for a third, a quarter or a tenth, with nothing of the expenses being due from him.

Hisham (may Allah have mercy on him) said: My father saw no harm in renting out land (muzara'ah).

Sa'id said: I asked Salim (may Allah have mercy on him) about it, and he said: There is no harm in it.

Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said: May Allah Almighty forgive Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him). By Allah, I know this hadith better than he does. Two men came quarrelling into the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If this is your situation, then do not rent out land (in muzara'ah). Sayyiduna Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) heard only his (peace and blessings be upon him) last words: "Do not give land out in muzara'ah."

Abu Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him) said: There was no household of the Muhajirun in Madinah that did not give its lands in sharecropping (muzara'ah) for a third or a quarter.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) used to give his land in sharecropping (muzara'ah) for a third.

Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: My land and my camel are the same (with regard to renting them out).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the people of Khaybar land in sharecropping (muzara'ah) for half.

Abdullah bin Isa said: Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla had land at a place called al-Fawwarah, which he had given in sharecropping (muzara'ah) for a third or a quarter, and he sent me to make the division among those people.