English translation
3392. Hanzalah bin Qais Al-Anṣārī said: "I asked Rāfi' bin Khadīj about renting out land for gold and silver. He said: 'There is nothing wrong with that. Rather at the time of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ the people used to rent land in return for what grows along the water channels and at the springs and in some parts of the fields, but one part would be destroyed while another part would be safe, or vice versa, and this was the only way in which people rented out land, so this was forbidden. As for something that is specified and guaranteed, there is nothing wrong with it.'" (Sahih) Abū Dāwūd said: The narration of Yaḥyā bin Sa'eed from Hanzalah is similar to that.
