Volume 3, Book 39, Number 535:
Narrated Nafi:
Ibn ‘Umar used to rent his farms in the time of Abu Bakr, ‘Umar, ‘Uthman, and in the early days of
Muawiya. Then he was told the narration of Rafi ‘bin Khadij that the Prophet had forbidden the rent –
ing of farms. Ibn ‘Umar went to Rafi’ and I accompanied him. He asked Rafi who replied that the
Prophet had forbidden the renting of farms. Ibn ‘Umar said, “You know that we used to rent our
farms in the life-time of Allah’s Apostle for the yield of the banks of the water streams (rivers) and
for certain amount of figs.