Mishkat
al-Masabih
مشكاة المصابيح
11
Business Transactions
كتاب البيوع
Chapter 13a: Tending palm-trees and Tilling land in return for some of the Produce - Section 1
باب المساقاة والمزارعة - الفصل الأول
Mishkat al-Masabih 2973
He said
We used to employ people to till land for a share of its produce* and see no harm in it till Rafi' b. Khadij asserted that the Prophet (ﷺ) forbade it, so we abandoned it on that account. Muslim transmitted it. * Mukhabir. From this comes the verbal noun mukhabara. See p. 607.وَعنهُ قَالَ: كُنَّا نخبر وَلَا نَرَى بِذَلِكَ بَأْسًا حَتَّى زَعَمَ رَافِعُ ابْن خَدِيجٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْهَا فَتَرَكْنَاهَا مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ. رَوَاهُ مُسلم
REFERENCE: Mishkat al-Masabih 2973
In-book reference: Mishkat al-Masabih Book 11 Chapter 13a Hadith 1
In-book reference: Mishkat al-Masabih Book 11 Chapter 13a Hadith 1