حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ أَخْبَرَنَا أَيُّوبُ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَدْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ الْأَرْضَ كَانَتْ تُكْرَى عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمَا عَلَى الْأَرْبِعَاءِ وَشَيْءٍ مِنْ التِّبْنِ لَا أَدْرِي كَمْ هُوَ وَإِنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يُكْرِي أَرْضَهُ فِي عَهْدِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعَهْدِ عُمَرَ وَعَهْدِ عُثْمَانَ وَصَدْرِ إِمَارَةِ مُعَاوِيَةَ حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ فِي آخِرِهَا بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ رَافِعًا يُحَدِّثُ فِي ذَلِكَ بِنَهْيِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَتَاهُ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ كِرَاءِ الْمَزَارِعِ فَتَرَكَهَا ابْنُ عُمَرَ فَكَانَ لَا يُكْرِيهَا فَكَانَ إِذَا سُئِلَ يَقُولُ زَعَمَ ابْنُ خَدِيجٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْ كِرَاءِ الْمَزَارِعِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4504
It was narrated that Naaff' said, narrating from Ibn 'Umar: I know that land was leased at tire time of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) in return for what grows on the edges of the small streams and a certain amount of straw - I do not know how much - and that Ibn 'Umar used to lease out his land at the time of Abu Bakr, at the time of 'Umar, at the time of 'Uthmaan and at the beginning of Mu'aawiyah's caliphate until, towards the end of it, he heard that Raafi' was narrating that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) had forbidden it. So he went to him, and I was with him, and he asked him ( a bout that). He (Raafi') said: yes the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) forbade leasing out farmland. So Ibn 'Umar stopped doing that and he did net lease it out. And if he was asked about it he would say: Ibn Khadeej says that the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) forbade leasing out farmland.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020