Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1384
حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ، قَالَ نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا إِذَا كَانَتْ لأَحَدِنَا أَرْضٌ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهَا بِبَعْضِ خَرَاجِهَا أَوْ بِدَرَاهِمَ وَقَالَ " إِذَا كَانَتْ لأَحَدِكُمْ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ أَوْ لِيَزْرَعْهَا " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Rāfiʿ ibn Khadīj said: “The Messenger of Allah forbade us from an arrangement that had benefited us: when one of us owned land, he would lease it for a portion of its yield or for dirhams. He said: ‘If one of you owns land, let him grant it to his brother or cultivate it himself.’”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report contrasts share-based or fixed-rent land arrangements with lending the land or cultivating it oneself.