# Sahih Muslim - The Book of Transactions

*Exported from [ParallelQuran.com](https://parallelquran.com) on August 25, 2026*

**1 hadith**

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## Hadith #3820

**Book:** The Book of Transactions | **Narrator(s):** Rafi' Abu al-Ja'd al-Ghatafani رافع أبو الجعد الغطفاني | **Grade:** Sahih

Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) forbade a practice which was useful for us. I said: What is this? (I believe) that whatrver Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) says is absolutely true. He (Zuhair) said that he (the Holy Prophet) asked me: What do you do with your cultivable lands? I said: Allah’s Messenger, we rent those irrigated by canals for dry dates or barley. He said: Don’t do that. Cultivate them or let them be cultivated (by others) or retain them yourself.

*Source: [ParallelQuran](https://parallelquran.com/hadith/sahih-muslim-3820/)*

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