Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3889
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْخَطْمِيِّ، - وَاسْمُهُ عُمَيْرُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ - قَالَ أَرْسَلَنِي عَمِّي وَغُلاَمًا لَهُ إِلَى سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ أَسْأَلُهُ عَنِ الْمُزَارَعَةِ فَقَالَ كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ لاَ يَرَى بِهَا بَأْسًا حَتَّى بَلَغَهُ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ حَدِيثٌ فَلَقِيَهُ فَقَالَ رَافِعٌ أَتَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَنِي حَارِثَةَ فَرَأَى زَرْعًا فَقَالَ " مَا أَحْسَنَ زَرْعَ ظُهَيْرٍ ". فَقَالُوا لَيْسَ لِظُهَيْرٍ. فَقَالَ " أَلَيْسَ أَرْضُ ظُهَيْرٍ ". قَالُوا بَلَى وَلَكِنَّهُ أَزْرَعَهَا. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " خُذُوا زَرْعَكُمْ وَرُدُّوا إِلَيْهِ نَفَقَتَهُ ". قَالَ فَأَخَذْنَا زَرْعَنَا وَرَدَدْنَا إِلَيْهِ نَفَقَتَهُ . وَرَوَاهُ طَارِقُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ وَاخْتُلِفَ عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ.
Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna reported to us: Yahya narrated to us, from Abu Jaʿfar al-Khatmi—whose name was ʿUmayr ibn Yazid—who said: My uncle sent me and a servant boy of his to Saʿid ibn al-Musayyib to ask him about sharecropping. He said: “Ibn ʿUmar saw no harm in it until a report from Rafiʿ ibn Khadij reached him. He met him, and Rafiʿ said: The Prophet ﷺ came to Banu Harithah and saw a crop. He said: ‘How fine is Zuhayr’s crop!’ They said: ‘It does not belong to Zuhayr.’ He asked: ‘Is it not Zuhayr’s land?’ They said: ‘Yes, but he had it planted.’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Take your crop and repay him his expenses.’” He said: “We took our crop and repaid him his expenses.” Tariq ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman also narrated it from Saʿid, and there is disagreement over that route.
Translation notes
The report distinguishes ownership of the land from the crop planted by another person and orders reimbursement of expenses.