و حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ السَّعْدِيُّ وَيَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ وَهُوَ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ يَعْلَی بْنِ حَکِيمٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ کُنَّا نُحَاقِلُ الْأَرْضَ عَلَی عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَنُکْرِيهَا بِالثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ وَالطَّعَامِ الْمُسَمَّی فَجَائَنَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ رَجُلٌ مَنْ عُمُومَتِي فَقَالَ نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ أَمْرٍ کَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا وَطَوَاعِيَةُ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ أَنْفَعُ لَنَا نَهَانَا أَنْ نُحَاقِلَ بِالْأَرْضِ فَنُکْرِيَهَا عَلَی الثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ وَالطَّعَامِ الْمُسَمَّی وَأَمَرَ رَبَّ الْأَرْضِ أَنْ يَزْرَعَهَا أَوْ يُزْرِعَهَا وَکَرِهَ کِرَائَهَا وَمَا سِوَی ذَلِکَ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 3945
Salim b. Abdullah reported that AbduUah b. Umar (Allah be pleased with them) used to give land on rent until (this news) reached him that Rafi b. Khadij Ansari used to forbid the renting of land. Abdullah met him and said: Ibn Khadij, what is this that you narrate from Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) pertaining to renting of land? Rafi b. Khadij said to Abdullah: I heard it from two uncles of mine and they had participated in the Battle of Badr who narrated to the members of the family that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) forbade the renting of land. Abdullah said: I knew it that the land was rented during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ). Abdullah then apprehended that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) might have said something new in this connection (in regard to prohibition of renting) which I failed to know. So he abandoned the renting of land.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020