People who are partners in a crop

It is narrated from Mujahid that in the time of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) four men entered into a partnership in farming. One of them said: "The land is from me." The second said: "The oxen are from me." The third said: "The seed is from me." The fourth said: "All the work is upon me." When the crop was ready, they came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to ask about the matter. He (peace be upon him) assigned the crop to the owner of the seed, disregarded the owner of the land, and assigned a fixed amount to the owner of the oxen and one dirham per day to the one who did the work.

Wasil said: I narrated it to Makhul (may Allah have mercy on him), and he said: "This hadith is dearer to me than a young slave."

Waki' said: Among the forms of cultivation dearest to us is trading for gold, silver and food, and this is the view of Sufyan.

Waki' said: We hope that sharecropping for a half, a third or a quarter is also permissible, because people practise it.