Nafi reported that Ibn 'Umar (RA) rented his land during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and during the caliphate of Abu Bakr (RA) and that of Umar and that of 'Uthman (RA) and during the early period of Muawiya's caliphate until at the end of Muawiya's reign, it reached him (Ibn 'Umar) that Rafi bin Khadij (RA) narratted (a hadith) in which (there was a decree) of prohibition by Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) . He (Ibn 'Umar) went to him (Rafi bin Khadij) and I was with him and he asked him, whereupon he said: Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) used to forbid the renting of land. So Ibn 'Umar (RA) abandoned it, and subsequently whenever he was asked about it, he said: Rafi bin Khadij (RA) alleged that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) forbade it.