حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ قَالَ قُلْتُ لِطَاوُسٍ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ لَوْ تَرَکْتَ هَذِهِ الْمُخَابَرَةَ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَی عَنْهُ فَقَالَ أَيْ عَمْرُو إِنِّي أُعِينُهُمْ وَأُعْطِيهِمْ وَإِنَّ مُعَاذَ بْنَ جَبَلٍ أَخَذَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا عِنْدَنَا وَإِنَّ أَعْلَمَهُمْ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَنْهَ عَنْهَا وَلَکِنْ قَالَ لَأَنْ يَمْنَحَ أَحَدُکُمْ أَخَاهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ عَلَيْهَا أَجْرًا مَعْلُومًا
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 2462
It was narrated that 'Amr bin Dinar said: I said to Tawus: "0 Abu' Abdur-Rahman, why do you not give up this Mukhabarah because they claim that the Messenger of Allah forbade it." He said: "0 'Amr, I help them by taking their land and cultivating it, and giving them something in return, and Muadh bin Jabal allowed people here to do that. The most knowledgeable of them – meaning Ibn' Abbas – told me that the Messenger of Allah did not forbid it, rather he said: 'For One of you to give (land) to his brother is better for him than if he were to take a set amount in rent for it.”
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020