Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) says: Before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade mukhabarah, we used to give land for cultivation for two or three years on the condition of receiving one-third or half of the produce, or in exchange for straw. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever has land should cultivate it himself. If he does not wish to farm it, he should give it to his brother. And if he does not wish to give it to his brother, then let it remain unused (i.e., he should not rent it out)."

Abdullah bin Sa’ib said: I asked Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) about sharecropping, so he said: Sayyiduna Thabit bin Dhahhak Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) told me that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade sharecropping (i.e., giving land on a share of the produce). The narrator asked Imam Darimi (may Allah have mercy on him): Do you also say the same? He replied: No, I follow the first opinion.