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2453. It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that he used to lease out some land that belonged to him, for cultivation. Then someone came to him and told him that Rāfi' bin Khadij said that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ had forbidden leasing out land for cultivation. Ibn 'Umar went, and I went with him, until he met him in Balāt,[1] and asked him about that, and he told him that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ had forbidden leasing out land for cultivation. So 'Abdullāh stopped leasing out land. (Sahih)
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[1] A place in Al-Madinah.
Commentary
'Leasing out land' means that the tiller will cultivate the land of the landlord according to a set treaty. The tiller, after collecting the produce will give a certain agreed upon amount of money to the landlord, and will keep the rest.
Giving the land for free to cultivate is a better deed than leasing it out. The Noble Prophet ﷺ prohibited leasing out land, only to encourage the better gesture towards Muslim brothers, otherwise leasing out the land is lawful. (See Hadith no. 2456.)
