Hadith 3954
´Rafi' bin Khadij narrated that the Messenger of Allah said to Rafi':` "Do you rent out your arable land?" I said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah. We rent it out in return for one-quarter, and in return for (a number of) Wasqs of barley." The Messenger of Allah said: "Do not do that. Cultivate it (yourselves), or lend it, or keep it."
Hadith 3955
أَخْبَرَنَا
هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا
يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنِي
الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ ، عَنْ
أَبِي النَّجَاشِيِّ ، عَنْ
رَافِعٍ ، قَالَ : أَتَانَا
ظُهَيْرُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ ، فَقَالَ : نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ , عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا رَافِقًا ، قُلْتُ : وَمَا ذَاكَ ؟ قَالَ : أَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ حَقٌّ , سَأَلَنِي : " كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُونَ فِي مَحَاقِلِكُمْ ؟ " . قُلْتُ : نُؤَاجِرُهَا عَلَى الرُّبُعِ وَالْأَوْسَاقِ مِنَ التَّمْرِ أَوِ الشَّعِيرِ . قَالَ : " فَلَا تَفْعَلُوا ازْرَعُوهَا ، أَوْ أَزْرِعُوهَا ، أَوِ امْسِكُوهَا " . رَوَاهُ بُكَيْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ ، عَنْ أُسَيْدِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ فَجَعَلَ الرِّوَايَةَ لِأَخِي رَافِعٍ .
´It was narrated that Rafi' said:` "Zuhair bin Rafi' came to us and said: 'The Messenger of Allah forbade me to do something that was convenient for us.' I said: 'What was that?' He said: 'The command of the Messenger of Allah is true. He asked me: What do you do with your land? I said: We rent it out in return for one-quarter (of the yield) and a number of Wasqs of dates or barley. He said: Do not do that. Cultivate it, give it to someone else to cultivate, or keep it.'"