سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب البيوعFrom the Book of Sales
باب في النَّهْيِ عَنِ الْمُخَابَرَةِ:Chapter on the prohibition of sharecropping (mukhābara)
Hadith 2651
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ إِسْحَاق، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ: أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ: كُنَّا نُخَابِرُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنِ الْخِبْرِ بَسَنَتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثٍ، عَلَى الثُّلُثِ، وَالشَّطْرِ، وَشَيْءٍ مِنْ تِبْنٍ، فَقَالَ لَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: "مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَحْرُثْهَا، فَإِنْ كَرِهَ أَنْ يَحْرُثَهَا، فَلْيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ، فَإِنْ كَرِهَ أَنْ يَمْنَحَهَا أَخَاهُ، فَلْيَدَعْهَا".
Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade mukhabarah, we used to give land for cultivation for two or three years on the condition of receiving one-third or half of the produce, or in exchange for straw. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever has land should cultivate it himself. If he does not wish to farm it, he should give it to his brother. And if he does not wish to give it to his brother, then let it remain unused (i.e., he should not rent it out)."
