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)."
Hadith 2652
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق الشَّيْبَانِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَعْقِلٍ عَنِ الْمُزَارَعَةِ، فَقَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي ثَابِتُ بْنُ الضَّحَّاكِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ: أَنّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ"نَهَى عَنِ الْمُزَارَعَةِ" . قَالَ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ: تَقُولُ بِهِ ؟ . قَالَ: لَا أَقُولُ بِالْأَوَّلِ.
Abdullah bin Sa’ib said: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) about sharecropping, so he said: Sayyiduna Thabit bin Dhahhak Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) told me that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade sharecropping (i.e., giving land on a share of the produce). The narrator asked Imam Darimi (may Allah have mercy on him): Do you also say the same? He replied: No, I follow the first opinion.
