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.