Sayyiduna Usayd bin Zuhayr (may Allah be pleased with him), the nephew of Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him), said: When one of us had no need of his land, he would give it out for a third, a quarter or a half, stipulating three water channels, the chaff, what the spring water irrigated, and the produce; and life was hard then. We worked the lands with iron tools, and from whatever Allah willed we would obtain benefit. Then Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) came to us and said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) has forbidden you a practice that was of benefit to you, but obedience to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is of greater benefit to you; he (peace and blessings be upon him) has forbidden you muhaqalah and said: "Whoever has no need of his land, let him give it to his brother or leave it." And he forbade you muzabanah, and muzabanah is that a man has an orchard, then another man comes and says: I take it for so many wasqs of dates.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب المزارعة / 11724