It is narrated from Hazrat Rafi’ bin Khadij (may Allah have mercy on him) that Hazrat Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) came to us from the service of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم and said that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم forbade us from a certain matter. He was very gentle with us, but obedience to Allah and His Messenger is the most gentle thing. He instructed us not to give our land for sharecropping. We are commanded either to cultivate our own land or to work on land that has been given without compensation.

Hazrat Dhahhak bin Muzahim says that the land has only two permissible qualities: a person may give the land he owns to someone temporarily, or he may give the land for a fixed period for a fixed rent.

Ibrahim says that the best principle of farming is that a person should lease his land to someone else for a known rent.

Hazrat Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) says that farming is not proper except on the land of which you are the owner; that is, the land which someone has given temporarily for the purpose of gaining profit.

Hazrat Rifa’ah bin Rafi’ bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade sharecropping and leasing of land, except that a person buys it or rents it for a specified period. Then he said that my respected father took a piece of land on loan from a person and cultivated it and built a structure on it. Then the owner of the land came there, saw the structure, and asked,“Who built this structure?”People said,“Such-and-such person to whom you had given the land on loan.”He said,“Is this the compensation for what I gave him?”People said,“Yes.”He said,“I will not leave from here until you demolish it.”

22585 - Then he said: (My father lent) (1) a piece of land to a man, so he cultivated it and built a structure on it. He went out to it and saw the building, so he said: Who built this? (They said:) (2) (So-and-so) (3) to whom you lent it. He said: Did he give you something in exchange for what you gave him? They said: Yes. He said: I will not (leave) (4) until you demolish it (5).