Sahih Muslim Hadith 3945 – Leasing Out Land

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[3945] 113 – (1548) It was narrated that Râfi' bin IadIj said: "We used to rent land at the time of the Messenger of Allah A, leasing it for one-third or one-quarter (of the yield of a specified crop) and a specified amount of food. Then one day, one of my paternal uncles came to us and said: 'The Messenger of Allah 0, has forbidden to us something that was beneficial to us, but obedience to Allah and His Messenger is more beneficial to us. He forbade us to rent land and lease it for one-third or one- quarter (of the yield of a specified crop) and a specified amount of food, and he ordered the owner of the land to cultivate it or let it be cultivated, and he disliked leasing it out or anything else."