It is narrated from Sayyiduna Rafi' bin Khadij (may Allah be pleased with him) that during the blessed era of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), we used to give land on sharecropping for one-third, one-fourth, or for a fixed amount of grain as rent. But one day, one of my uncles came to me and said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) has forbidden us from an act which was beneficial for us, but obedience to Allah and His Messenger is more beneficial. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade us from giving land on sharecropping, or for one-third, one-fourth, or for a fixed amount of grain as rent, and ordered the owner of the land to either cultivate it himself or allow someone else to do so, but renting it out or other such forms were disliked by him.