أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ سَمِعْتُ مُجَاهِدًا يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أُسَيْدِ بْنِ ظُهَيْرٍ قَالَ أَتَانَا رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ فَقَالَ نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ أَمْرٍ کَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا وَطَاعَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خَيْرٌ لَکُمْ نَهَاکُمْ عَنْ الْحَقْلِ وَقَالَ مَنْ کَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَمْنَحْهَا أَوْ لِيَدَعْهَا وَنَهَی عَنْ الْمُزَابَنَةِ وَالْمُزَابَنَةُ الرَّجُلُ يَکُونُ لَهُ الْمَالُ الْعَظِيمُ مِنْ النَّخْلِ فَيَجِيئُ الرَّجُلُ فَيَأْخُذُهَا بِکَذَا وَکَذَا وَسْقًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3900
…..It was narrated that Usaid bin liihoir said: “Rafi’ bin Khadij came ti us and I was not sure what he meant, He said: ‘The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم has forbidden to you something that used to benefit you, but obedience to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم is better for you than that which benefits you. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم has forbidden Al-Haqi for you. Al-IjaqI means share cropping the land in return for onehird or one-quarter (of the yield). So whoever has land that he does not need, let him give it to his brother (to cultivate it) or let him leave it. And he has forbidden to you Al-Muzabanah. Al-Muzabanah means when a man has a great number of datepaims and says: Take it in return for (a certain number of) Wasqs of dried dates this year”’ (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020