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Sahih Muslim, 1549 a
sahih

Abdullah b. al Sa'ib reported:

I asked Abdullah b. Ma'qil about Muzara'a (cultivating land on share basis in the produce). He said: Thabit b. Dahhak informed me that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade Muzara'a as Ibn Abu Shaiba forbade it with a slight change of words. He (the narrator) said: I asked Ibn Ma'qil but he did not name 'Abdullah.

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ زِيَادٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي، شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، كِلاَهُمَا عَنِ الشَّيْبَانِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَعْقِلٍ عَنِ الْمُزَارَعَةِ، فَقَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي ثَابِتُ بْنُ الضَّحَّاكِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَهَى عَنِ الْمُزَارَعَةِ ‏.‏ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ ابْنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ نَهَى عَنْهَا ‏.‏ وَقَالَ سَأَلْتُ ابْنَ مَعْقِلٍ ‏.‏ وَلَمْ يُسَمِّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ ‏.‏

Isnad

8 transmitters
  1. 1Yahya bin Yahya bin BukayrNisapur,Khurasan,Hijaz,Iraq,Syria,Egypt · d. 226 AH
  2. 2'Abdul Wahid bin Ziyadal-Basra · d. 176 AH or after
  3. 3Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybaKufa · d. ~235 AH
  4. 4'Ali bin Ms'hral-Kufa · d. 189 AH
  5. 5Sulaiman bin Abi Sulaimanal-Kufa · d. ~ 140 AH
  6. 6'Abdullah bin al-Sa'ibMakkah/Medina · d. ~70 AH
  7. 7'Abdullah bin Ma'ql
  8. 8Thabit bin al-Dahhak bin KhalifaMedina · d. ~45 AH or later
References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 21, Hadith 154
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 10, Hadith 3751 (deprecated numbering scheme)
Sharh · explanationclick to expand
In the pre-Islamic era of ignorance, there prevailed types of sales that brimmed with oppression and injustice. When Islam came, it established fair sales and forbade whatever involved oppression. Hence, it forbade whatever involved fraud, uncertainty, and ambiguity to end disputes and conflicts among people, which is one of the Shariah-approved objectives. In this Hadīth, Thābit ibn ad-Dahhāk (may Allah be pleased with him) reports that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade Muzāra‘ah, which is leasing the land in return for part of it and working on the land for part of its fruit production. The prohibition here refers to whatever involves risk, ambiguity, and uncertainty, and the most famous among such transactions was the one where the landowner used to specify for himself part of the land and what it produced. However, apart from this, it is permissible for the owner to lease it for a standard percentage of what is cultivated therein, like one-fourth or one-third of its produce, as it is mentioned in the two Sahīh Collections that Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) reported: "The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) agreed with the people of Khaybar to work and cultivate in return for half of the fruits or crops produced." The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) commanded and made it permissible for them to practice Mu’ājarah instead of Muzāra‘ah and it means taking a known rent in gold, silver, or cash because this kind of lease is the farthest from uncertainty and ambiguity. In the two Sahīh Collections, Hanzhalah ibn Qays reported: "That he asked Rāfi‘ ibn Khadīj about leasing land, and he said: The Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) forbade leasing land. He said: I said: Even in return for gold and silver? He said: If it is in return for gold and silver, there is no harm in it.".