English translation
3926. It was narrated that Rāfi' bin Khadīj said: "At the time of the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ we used to lease land on the basis of Al-Muhāqalah, so we would lease it in return for one-third or one-quarter of the yield, or a specified amount of food (produce). One day, a man among my paternal uncles came and said: 'The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ has forbidden me to do something that was beneficial for us, but obedience to Allāh and His Messenger is more beneficial for us. He has forbidden us to lease land on the basis of Al-Muhāqalah and to lease it in return for one-third or one-quarter of the yield, and for a specific amount of food (produce). And he commanded the landowner to cultivate it (himself) or to give it to someone else to cultivate. He did not like leasing it or anything else.” (Sahīh) Ayyūb (one of the narrators) did not hear from Ya’la.