Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3881
أَخْبَرَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ سَأَلَ عَطَاءً سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَ جَابِرٌ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيُزْرِعْهَا أَخَاهُ وَلاَ يُكْرِيهَا أَخَاهُ " . وَقَدْ رَوَى النَّهْىَ عَنِ الْمُحَاقَلَةِ يَزِيدُ بْنُ نُعَيْمٍ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ.
Ahmad ibn Yahya informed me: Abu Nuʿaym narrated to us: Hammam ibn Yahya said: Sulayman ibn Musa asked ʿAtaʾ, who said: Jabir related that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Whoever has land should cultivate it or have his brother cultivate it, and he should not rent it to his brother.’ Yazid ibn Nuʿaym also narrated the prohibition of muhaqalah from Jabir ibn ʿAbdullah.
Translation notes
Muhaqalah is a form of crop exchange or land sharecropping.