Renting Out Land In Return For Food
Darussalam · Volume 3
The Chapters OnPawningSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 2465 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 823
Source no. 2465 · Volume 5 · Page 465
Sahih
صحيح
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2465. It was narrated that Râfi' bin Khadij said: We used to give land in return for food at the time of the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ, and some of my paternal uncles came to them and said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Whoever has land, he should not rent it out for a set amount of food.'" (Sahih)
2465 - حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ مَسْعَدَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ حَكِيمٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ، قَالَ: كُنَّا نُحَاقِلُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَزَعَمَ أَنَّ بَعْضَ عُمُومَتِهِ أَتَاهُمْ، فَقَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ، فَلَا يُكْرِيهَا بِطَعَامٍ مُسَمَّى»
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'Set amount of food' may mean one third or one fourth of the produce, or it may mean a certain fixed quantity of food stuff, like ten or twenty mounds of grain etc. Leasing out the land against a set amount of food instead of a certain amount of money is legal, as it has been discussed in detail in a previous chapter.