Abdullah bin Saib narrates: I asked Abdullah bin Ma’qil about sharecropping, so he informed me that Sayyiduna Thabit bin Dhahhak told me this: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) forbade sharecropping.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Previously, some of us had extra land. They would lease out these lands for one third, one fourth, or half of the produce. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: Whoever has extra land should cultivate it himself or give it to his brother to cultivate. If he does not accept, then he should keep the land with himself. (But he should not lease it out.) (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The statement of the Prophet (peace be upon him): "Or he should let his brother cultivate it," by this he meant: he should give it to his brother for temporary use without compensation. If sharecropping was intended by this, then the statement of the Prophet (peace be upon him): "He should cultivate it," would have no meaning, because those people were already practicing sharecropping for one third, one fourth, or half of the produce, as mentioned in the narration.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with both of them) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "Whoever has land should cultivate it, and if he cannot do so, then he should give it to his brother (for temporary use without compensation)."

Sayyiduna Zuhair bin Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade us from something that was agreeable to us, so I thought that whatever the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has said is the truth. He informed: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“What method do you adopt regarding your fields?”We replied: We lease them out for a third or a quarter of the produce, or for a specified wasq of wheat or barley. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said:“Do not do so. Either cultivate it yourself or give it to someone else to cultivate.”
(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The narrator named Abu Najashi is ‘Ata bin Suhaib, and he is the freed slave of Sayyiduna Rafi’ bin Khadij.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with both of them) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade Muhaqala, Muzabana, and Mukhabara, and forbade selling the fruit of date palms until it becomes ripe. And by "ripe" it is meant: it becomes red or yellow, or fit for eating. The narrator named Zaid says: I asked Ata: Did you hear this directly from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with both of them), that he mentioned this hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him)? He replied: Yes.

(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) The narrator named Abu Walid is Saeed bin Mina Makki.

Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) forbade leasing land. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates: Previously, we used to lease land, but when we heard this hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) from Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him), we abandoned it.

Nafi' reports: Once, Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) set out. We also accompanied him until we came to Rafi' bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him). Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) said to him: I have come to know that you narrate from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade leasing out fields. Rafi' replied: Yes. After that, whenever Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked about this matter, he would say: Rafi' bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to us that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade leasing out fields.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) did not declare sharecropping to be unlawful, rather he instructed people to do good to one another.

Sayyiduna Rafi’ bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Previously, we used to lease out land, and the owner of the land would exclude a specific part of the field and the area around the water source. Sometimes, the produce of one part would be ruined while the other part would remain fine, so the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade this. Sayyiduna Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) says: However, if the land is leased in exchange for a specified thing, then there is no harm in it.

Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Previously, land used to be leased out in exchange for produce, and sometimes for a specified portion of grain that was set aside. Then the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade people from leasing out land in this manner. Sayyiduna Rafi' (may Allah be pleased with him) says: As for leasing land in exchange for gold or silver, there is no harm in that.