سنن نسائي
Nasai
كتاب المزارعةThe Book of Agriculture
بَابُ : ذِكْرِ الأَحَادِيثِ الْمُخْتَلِفَةِ فِي النَّهْىِ عَنْ كِرَاءِ الأَرْضِ بِالثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ وَاخْتِلاَفِ أَلْفَاظِ النَّاقِلِينَ لِلْخَبَرِChapter: Mentioning The Differing Hadiths Regarding The Prohibition Of Leasing Out Land In Return For One Third, Or One Quarter Of The Harvest And The Different Wordings Reported By The Narrators
Hadith 3931
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكٌ ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ ، عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنِ قَيْسٍ ، قَالَ : سَأَلْتُ رَافِعَ بْنَ خَدِيجٍ عَنْ كِرَاءِ الْأَرْضِ ؟ فَقَالَ : " نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ كِرَاءِ الْأَرْضِ " . قُلْتُ : بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْوَرِقِ ؟ قَالَ : " لَا ، إِنَّمَا نَهَى عَنْهَا بِمَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا فَأَمَّا الذَّهَبُ وَالْفِضَّةُ فَلَا بَأْسَ " . رَوَاهُ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ ، عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ وَلَمْ يَرْفَعْهُ .
´It was narrated that Hanzalah bin Qais said:` "I asked Rafi' bin Khadij about leasing land. He said: 'The Messenger of Allah forbade leasing land.' I said: 'For gold or silver?' He said: 'No, rather he forbade leasing it in return for what the land produces. As for gold and silver, there is nothing wrong with that.'"
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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
