حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو النَّجَاشِيِّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَافِعَ بْنَ خَدِيجٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَمِّهِ ظُهَيْرٍ قَالَ نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ أَمْرٍ کَانَ لَنَا رَافِقًا فَقُلْتُ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَهُوَ حَقٌّ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ بِمَحَاقِلِکُمْ قُلْنَا نُؤَاجِرُهَا عَلَی الثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ وَالْأَوْسُقِ مِنْ الْبُرِّ وَالشَّعِيرِ فَقَالَ فَلَا تَفْعَلُوا ازْرَعُوهَا أَوْ أَزْرِعُوهَا
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 2459
Rafi' bin Khadi'j narrated that his paternal uncle Zuhair said: "The Messenger of Allah forbade us from doing something that was convenient for us.” I said: "What the Messenger of Allah said is true." He said that the Messenger of Allah said: "What do you do with your farms?" We said: "We rent them out for one third or one quarter of their yield, and a certain amount of wheat and barley." He said “Do not do that; cultivate them or let others cultivate them.”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020