Hadith #443
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ عَنْ قَتَادَةَ عَنْ يَعْلَى بْنِ حَكِيمٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ كُنَّا نُحَاقِلُ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَى الثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ أَوْ طَعَامٍ مُسَمًّى قَالَ فَأَتَانَا بَعْضُ عُمُومَتِي فَقَالَ نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا وَطَوَاع
ِيَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَرْفَعُ لَنَا وَأَنْفَعُ قَالَ قُلْنَا وَمَا ذَاكَ قَالَ قَالَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيُزْرِعْهَا أَخَاهُ وَلَا يُكَارِيهَا بِثُلُثٍ وَلَا رُبُعٍ وَلَا بِطَعَامٍ مُسَمًّى قَالَ قَتَادَةُ وَهُوَ ظَهِيرٌ
Isnad Chain
محمد بن جعفر
سعيد بن أبي عروبة
قتادة
يعلى بن حكيم
سليمان بن يسار
رافع بن خديج
أمر كان لنا نافعا وطواع
English Translation
Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us, Saʿīd ibn Abī ʿArūbah narrated to us, from Qatādah, from Yaʿlā ibn Ḥakīm, from Sulaymān ibn Yasār, from Rāfiʿ ibn Khadīj, who said: "We used to practice muḥāqalah at the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ — for a third, a quarter, or a specified amount of food." He said: "One of my uncles came to us and said: 'the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has forbidden us something that was beneficial to us, but obedience to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is more elevating and more beneficial for us.' We said: 'What is that?' He said: 'the Prophet ﷺ of Allah ﷺ said: Whoever has land, let him farm it or let his brother farm it, and let him not rent it out for a third, a quarter, or a specified amount of food.'" Qatādah said: "This is ẓahīr (a type of sharecropping)."
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Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 443
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16881
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53271