Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with both of them) used to give his land for sharecropping on the basis of one-third (of the produce).

Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "My land and my camel (in terms of being given on rent) are equal."

It is narrated from Hazrat Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the land of Khaybar to its people on the basis of sharecropping for half the produce.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Isa narrates that Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Abi Laila had land at the place of Fawwarah, which he had given on sharecropping for one-third and one-fourth of the produce. He had sent me to distribute it among those people.

It is narrated from Hazrat Rafi’ bin Khadij (may Allah have mercy on him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us from such an act in which only we benefit. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us from giving someone’s land to another on the basis of sharecropping for a third or a quarter of the produce. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever owns land should either cultivate it himself or leave it for his brother.

Hazrat Ibn Ma'qil was asked about sharecropping. He said that Hazrat Thabit bin Dhahak (may Allah have mercy on him) informed me that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade it.

It is narrated from Hazrat Jabir that the Holy Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم forbade giving land on sharecropping.

Hazrat Amr bin Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates that we used to give land on sharecropping and did not consider there to be any harm in it, until Hazrat Rafi’ bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) thought that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had prohibited it, so we abandoned this practice because of him.

It is narrated from Hazrat Zaid bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade giving land on sharecropping. The narrator says, I asked, "What is meant by mukhabarah?" He (peace be upon him) replied, "To give land on sharecropping for half or one-third of the produce."

Hazrat Habib bin Abi Thabit narrates that I was sitting with Hazrat Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) in Masjid Haram, when a person came to him and said, "We take land from landlords, and we work on it with our own seeds and oxen, and we take our share from them and give them their share." He (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him, "Take only the principal amount, do not take more than that." The man asked him three times, and each time he gave the same answer.