أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ حَمْزَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي النَّجَاشِيِّ عَنْ رَافِعٍ قَالَ أَتَانَا ظُهَيْرُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ فَقَالَ نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ أَمْرٍ کَانَ لَنَا رَافِقًا قُلْتُ وَمَا ذَاکَ قَالَ أَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ حَقٌّ سَأَلَنِي کَيْفَ تَصْنَعُونَ فِي مَحَاقِلِکُمْ قُلْتُ نُؤَاجِرُهَا عَلَی الرُّبُعِ وَالْأَوْسَاقِ مِنْ التَّمْرِ أَوْ الشَّعِيرِ قَالَ فَلَا تَفْعَلُوا ازْرَعُوهَا أَوْ أَزْرِعُوهَا أَوْ امْسِکُوهَا رَوَاهُ بُکَيْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْأَشَجِّ عَنْ أُسَيْدِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ فَجَعَلَ الرِّوَايَةَ لِأَخِي رَافِعٍ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3960
It was narrated that Rafi’ said: “Zuhair bin Rafi’ came to us and said: ‘The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم forbade me to do something that was convenient for us.’ I said: ‘What was that?’ He said: ‘The command of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم is true. He asked me: What do you do with your land? I said: We rent it out in return for one-quarter (of the yield) and a number of Wasqs of dates or barley. He said: Do not do that. Cultivate it, give it to someone else to cultivate, or keep it.” (Sahih). Bukair bin ‘Abdullah bin AlAshajj reported it from Usaid bin Rafi’, and he reported it as a narration of Rafi’s brother.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020