Hadith #192
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عِكْرِمَةُ عَنْ أَبِي النَّجَاشِيِّ مَوْلَى رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ رَافِعًا عَنْ كِرَاءِ الْأَرْضِ قُلْتُ إِنَّ لِي أَرْضًا أُكْرِيهَا فَقَالَ رَافِعٌ لَا تُكْرِهَا بِشَيْءٍ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا فَإِنْ لَمْ يَزْرَعْهَا فَلْيُزْ
رِعْهَا أَخَاهُ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَفْعَلْ فَلْيَدَعْهَا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ تَرَكْتُهُ وَأَرْضِي فَإِنْ زَرَعَهَا ثُمَّ بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ التِّبْنِ قَالَ لَا تَأْخُذْ مِنْهَا شَيْئًا وَلَا تِبْنًا قُلْتُ إِنِّي لَمْ أُشَارِطْهُ إِنَّمَا أَهْدَى إِلَيَّ شَيْئًا قَالَ لَا تَأْخُذْ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا
Isnad Chain
هاشم بن القاسم
عكرمة
رافع بن خديج
رسول الله
English Translation
Hāshim ibn al-Qāsim narrated to us: ʿIkrimah narrated to us, from Abū al-Najāshī, the freed slave of Rāfiʿ ibn Khadīj, he said: I asked Rāfiʿ about renting land. I said: 'I have land that I rent out.' Rāfiʿ said: 'Do not rent it for anything, for I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: Whoever has land, let him cultivate it. If he does not cultivate it, let him give it to his brother to cultivate. If he does not do that, let him leave it.' I said to him: 'What if I leave it with him and my land, and he cultivates it and then sends me some of the straw?' He said: 'Do not take anything from it, not even straw.' I said: 'I did not stipulate any conditions — he simply gave me a gift.' He said: 'Do not take anything from him.'
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Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 192
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16630
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53020