Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3895
أَخْبَرَنِي زِيَادُ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ حَكِيمٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ، قَالَ كُنَّا نُحَاقِلُ بِالأَرْضِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَنُكْرِيهَا بِالثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ وَالطَّعَامِ الْمُسَمَّى فَجَاءَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ رَجُلٌ مِنْ عُمُومَتِي فَقَالَ نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا وَطَوَاعِيَةُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ أَنْفَعُ لَنَا نَهَانَا أَنْ نُحَاقِلَ بِالأَرْضِ وَنُكْرِيَهَا بِالثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ وَالطَّعَامِ الْمُسَمَّى وَأَمَرَ رَبَّ الأَرْضِ أَنْ يَزْرَعَهَا أَوْ يُزْرِعَهَا وَكَرِهَ كِرَاءَهَا وَمَا سِوَى ذَلِكَ. أَيُّوبُ لَمْ يَسْمَعْهُ مِنْ يَعْلَى.
Ziyad ibn Ayyub informed me: Ibn ʿUlayyah narrated to us: Ayyub informed us, from Yaʿla ibn Hakim, from Sulayman ibn Yasar, from Rafiʿ ibn Khadij, who said: In the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we practiced sharecropping, leasing land for a third, a quarter, or a specified quantity of food. One day a man from my paternal uncles came and said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade me something that had benefited us, but obedience to Allah and His Messenger is more beneficial for us. He forbade us to sharecrop land or lease it for a third, a quarter, or a specified quantity of food. He ordered the landowner to cultivate it or have it cultivated, and he disapproved of leasing it and anything besides that.” Ayyub did not hear this directly from Yaʿla.
Translation notes
The report gives several forms of crop-based rent and preserves the note that Ayyub did not hear it directly from Yaʿla.