“Ibn ‘Umar used to take rent for some land, then he heard something from Rafi’ bin Khadij. He took me by the hand and went off to Rafi’, and I was with him. Rafi’ narrated to him from some of his paternal uncles, that the Messenger of Allah forbade leasing land, so ‘Abdullah stopped (doing […]
“The Messenger of Allah forbade leasing land.” Ibn Shihab said: “Rafi was asked after that: ‘How did they lease land?’ He said: ‘In return for a set amount of food (produce), and it was stipulated that we would have whatever grew on the banks of the streams and springs.’”
“We knew that he owned some arable land that he leased at the time of the Messenger of Allah in return for whatever grew on the banks of the streams of water, and for a certain amount of straw, I do not know how much it was.” Ibn Awn reported it from Nafi but he […]
“O Ibn Khadij, what do you narrate from the Messenger of Allah about leasing land?” Rafi said to Abdullah: “I heard two of my uncles, who had been present at Badr, telling the people in the house, that the Messenger of Allah forbade leasing land.” Abdullah said: “I knew that at the time of the […]
“We heard that Rafi bin Khadij used to narrate that his paternal uncles -whom he said had been present at Badr- (said) that the Messenger of Allah forbade leasing land.”
“Az-Zuhri said: ‘Ibn Al-Musayyab used to say: ‘There is nothing wrong with leasing land in return for gold and silver, and Rafi bin Khadij used to narrate that the Messenger of Allah forbade that.””
“I asked Rafi’ bin Khadij about leasing uncultivated land in return for gold and silver. He said: ‘(It is) permissible and there is nothing wrong with that. That is the due of the land.’”
“The Messenger of Allah forbade us to lease our land. At that time there was no gold nor silver. A man would lease his land in return for what grew on the banks of streams and where the springs emerged, and in return for something specific.”
It was narrated from Az-Zuhri that Salim bin ‘Abdullah narrated something similar.
“I asked Rafi’ bin Khadij about leasing land in return for Dinars and silver. He said: ‘There is nothing wrong with that. During the time of the Messenger of Allah they used to rent land to one another in return for what grew on the banks of streams and where the springs emerged – some […]