حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَی حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْخَطْمِيُّ قَالَ بَعَثَنِي عَمِّي أَنَا وَغُلَامًا لَهُ إِلَی سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ قَالَ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ شَيْئٌ بَلَغَنَا عَنْکَ فِي الْمُزَارَعَةِ قَالَ کَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ لَا يَرَی بِهَا بَأْسًا حَتَّی بَلَغَهُ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ حَدِيثٌ فَأَتَاهُ فَأَخْبَرَهُ رَافِعٌ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَتَی بَنِي حَارِثَةَ فَرَأَی زَرْعًا فِي أَرْضِ ظُهَيْرٍ فَقَالَ مَا أَحْسَنَ زَرْعَ ظُهَيْرٍ قَالُوا لَيْسَ لِظُهَيْرٍ قَالَ أَلَيْسَ أَرْضُ ظُهَيْرٍ قَالُوا بَلَی وَلَکِنَّهُ زَرْعُ فُلَانٍ قَالَ فَخُذُوا زَرْعَکُمْ وَرُدُّوا عَلَيْهِ النَّفَقَةَ قَالَ رَافِعٌ فَأَخَذْنَا زَرْعَنَا وَرَدَدْنَا إِلَيْهِ النَّفَقَةَ قَالَ سَعِيدٌ أَفْقِرْ أَخَاکَ أَوْ أَکْرِهِ بِالدَّرَاهِمِ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 3399
Abu Jafar al-Khatmi said: My uncle sent me and his slave to Saeed ibn al-Musayyab. We said to him, there is something which has reached us about sharecropping. He replied: Ibn Umar did not see any harm in it until a tradition reached him from Rafi ibn Khadij. He then came to him and Rafi told him that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Banu Harithah and saw crop in the land of Zuhayr. He said: What an excellent crop of Zuhayr is! They said: It does not belong to Zuhayr. He asked: Is this not the land of Zuhayr? They said: Yes, but the crop belongs to so-and-so. He said: Take your crop and give him the wages. Rafi said: We took our crop and gave him the wages. Saeed (ibn al-Musayyab) said: Lend your brother or employ him for dirhams.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020