Hisham bin Abi 'Abdullah al-Dastawa'i هشام بن أبي عبد الله الدستوائي · The Book of Agriculture

"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.'"