Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 3926
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا حِبَّانُ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ أَبِي شُجَاعٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عِيسَى بْنُ سَهْلِ بْنِ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ، قَالَ إِنِّي لَيَتِيمٌ فِي حَجْرِ جَدِّي رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ وَبَلَغْتُ رَجُلاً وَحَجَجْتُ مَعَهُ فَجَاءَ أَخِي عِمْرَانُ بْنُ سَهْلِ بْنِ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَتَاهُ إِنَّهُ قَدْ أَكْرَيْنَا أَرْضَنَا فُلاَنَةَ بِمِائَتَىْ دِرْهَمٍ. فَقَالَ يَا بُنَىَّ دَعْ ذَاكَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ سَيَجْعَلُ لَكُمْ رِزْقًا غَيْرَهُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ نَهَى عَنْ كِرَاءِ الأَرْضِ.
Muhammad ibn Hatim reported to us: Hibban informed us: ʿAbdullah informed us, from Saʿid ibn Yazid Abu Shujaʿ, who said: ʿIsa ibn Sahl ibn Rafiʿ ibn Khadij narrated to me: “I was an orphan in the care of my grandfather, Rafiʿ ibn Khadij. When I came of age, I performed Hajj with him. My brother ʿImran ibn Sahl ibn Rafiʿ ibn Khadij came and said: ‘Father, we have rented such-and-such land for two hundred dirhams.’ He said: ‘My son, leave that. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, will provide you with another livelihood. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade renting land.’”
Translation notes
The speaker addressed as ‘father’ is Rafiʿ ibn Khadij, the narrator’s grandfather.