Urdu marginal note: It has been mentioned previously that for a poor person, it is more beneficial to take land on sharecropping (batai) rather than on a fixed rent (theka), although for the landowner, fixed rent is more beneficial. And the Shariah is supportive of the poor. (See, Hadith: 3921)
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 3965