صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب البيوعThe Book of Transactions
باب كِرَاءِ الأَرْضِ بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْوَرِقِ:Chapter: Leasing out Land (Kira) for gold and silver
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى ، قَالَ : قَرَأْتُ عَلَى مَالِكٍ ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ ، عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ رَافِعَ بْنَ خَدِيجٍ : عَنْ كِرَاءِ الْأَرْضِ ، فَقَالَ : " نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ كِرَاءِ الْأَرْضِ " ، قَالَ : فَقُلْتُ : أَبِالذَّهَبِ وَالْوَرِقِ ؟ ، فَقَالَ : أَمَّا بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْوَرِقِ ، فَلَا بَأْسَ بِهِ .
Hanzala bin Qais reported that he asked Rafi bin Khadij (RA) about renting of land, whereupon he said: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade the renting of land. I said: Is it forbidden (even if it is paid) in gold (dinar) and silver (dirham)? Thereupon he said: If it is paid in gold and silver, there is no harm in it.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: From this hadith, it is understood that according to Hazrat Rafi', there is no harm in giving land on lease in exchange for a fixed payment. However, certain specific forms of sharecropping (muzara'ah) are impermissible, as will be mentioned in the following narration.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 3951
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
From all these ahadith, it is established that if a landowner, in sharecropping (muzara‘ah), specifies the produce of separate portions of the same field for himself and for the sharecropper, then this type of sharecropping is impermissible.
And this is the corrupt condition
due to which sharecropping has been declared prohibited in its presence.
If this flaw is not present, and instead the land is given for a fixed amount, i.e., on lease (theka), then there is no harm in it.
From all these ahadith, it is established that if a landowner, in sharecropping (muzara‘ah), specifies the produce of separate portions of the same field for himself and for the sharecropper, then this type of sharecropping is impermissible.
And this is the corrupt condition
due to which sharecropping has been declared prohibited in its presence.
If this flaw is not present, and instead the land is given for a fixed amount, i.e., on lease (theka), then there is no harm in it.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 3393
