Renting out bare land for gold

The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, land is cultivated in only three ways: one, a person who is given land and cultivates it; the second, a person who has his own land and cultivates it; and the third, a person who rents land for gold or silver."

Hanzalah said: I asked Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) about renting out bare land for gold and silver. He said: It is lawful; there is no harm in it.

Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about renting out land for gold and silver. He said: There is no harm in it; it is a loan of the land.

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said that there is no harm in renting out land for gold and silver.

The same is also reported from Sa'id bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him).

Salim, Sa'id bin al-Musayyib, Urwah and al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on them) saw no harm in renting out bare land for gold and silver.

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: Indeed, the best of what you do is to take bare land on rent for gold and silver.

Salim said: As for bare land, we will rent it out for gold and silver.

Ibrahim said that there is no harm in taking bare land on rent for gold and silver, or for whatever he wishes you to take it on rent for.

Abu Ja'far (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about bare land with no trees or crops on it, whether it may be taken on rent for dirhams and dinars. He said: That is good; we do the same in Madinah.

Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: In the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) we used to rent out land in return for the crops growing along the water channels and whatever the water reached of it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us from that and told us to rent it out for gold and silver.

Yahya said: I asked Sa'id bin al-Musayyib: I have an orphan in my care who also owns land. He said: If you want to rent the land out, then give it for dirhams and dinars.

Sa'id bin Jubayr (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about renting out land. He said: There is no harm in it.