"Rafi' bin Khadij came to us and said: 'The Messenger of Allah has forbidden something that was beneficial for us, but obedience to the Messenger of Allah is better for you. He has forbidden Al-Haql (renting land in return for one-third or one-quarter of the produce) to you, and says: Whoever has land, let him give it (to someone else to cultivate it) or leave it. And he has forbidden Al-Muzabanah. Al-Muzabanah means when a man has a lot of date-palm trees and another man comes and takes it in return for a certain number of Wasqs of dried dates.'"  

نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا وَطَاعَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ نَهَاكُمْ عَنِ الْحَقْلِ وَقَالَ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَمْنَحْهَا أَوْ لِيَدَعْهَا وَنَهَى عَنِ الْمُزَابَنَةِ وَالْمُزَابَنَةُ الرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ لَهُ الْمَالُ الْعَظِيمُ مِنَ النَّخْلِ فَيَجِيءُ الرَّجُلُ فَيَأْخُذُهَا بِكَذَا وَكَذَا وَسْقًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ  

"Rafi' bin Khadij came to us and I was not sure what he meant. He said: 'The Messenger of Allah has forbidden to you something that used to benefit you, but obedience to the Messenger of Allah is better for you than that which benefits you. The Messenger of Allah has forbidden Al-Haql for you. Al-Haql means share-cropping the land in return for one-third or one-quarter (of the yield). So whoever has land that he does not need, let him give it to his brother (to cultivate it) or let him leave it. And he has forbidden to you Al-Muzabanah. Al-Muzabanah means when a man has a great number of datepalms and says: Take it in return for (a certain number of) Wasqs of dried dates this year.'"  

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَاكُمْ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ يَنْفَعُكُمْ وَطَاعَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ مِمَّا يَنْفَعُكُمْ نَهَاكُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْحَقْلِ وَالْحَقْلُ الْمُزَارَعَةُ بِالثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ فَمَنْ كَانَ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَاسْتَغْنَى عَنْهَا فَلْيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ أَوْ لِيَدَعْ وَنَهَاكُمْ عَنِ الْمُزَابَنَةِ وَالْمُزَابَنَةُ الرَّجُلُ يَجِيءُ إِلَى النَّخْلِ الْكَثِيرِ بِالْمَالِ الْعَظِيمِ فَيَقُولُ خُذْهُ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا وَسْقًا مِنْ تَمْرِ ذَلِكَ الْعَامِ  

Rafi' b. Khadij came to us and said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbids you from a work which is beneficial to you ; and obedience to Allah and His Prophet ﷺ is more beneficial to you. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbids you from renting land for share of its produce and he said: If anyone if not in need of his land he should lend it to his brother or leave it. Abu Dawud said: Shu'bah and Mufaddal b. Muhalhal have narrated it from Mansur in similar way. Shu'bah said (in his version): Usaid, nephew of Rafi' b, Khadij.  

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ يَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَكُمْ نَافِعًا وَطَاعَةُ اللَّهِ وَطَاعَةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْفَعُ لَكُمْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنْهَاكُمْ عَنِ الْحَقْلِ وَقَالَ مَنِ اسْتَغْنَى عَنْ أَرْضِهِ فَلْيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ أَوْ لِيَدَعْ  

“If one of us did not need his land, he would give it (to someone else to cultivate) in return for one third, or one half of the yield , and he would stipulate (that the should receive) the produce grows on the banks of three streams, and the grains that remain in the ear after threshing, and the produce irrigated by a stream. Life at that time was hard, and he would work (the land) with iron and whatever Allah (SWT) willed, and he would benefit from it. Then Rafi bin Khadij came to us and said: ‘The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade you to do something that may seem beneficial to you, but obedience to Allah and obedience to His Messenger are more beneficial for you. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade Haq for you, and he said: “Whoever has no need of his land, let him give it to his brother (to cultivate) or let him leave it (uncultivated).”  

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَاكُمْ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَكُمْ نَافِعًا وَطَاعَةُ اللَّهِ وَطَاعَةُ رَسُولِهِ أَنْفَعُ لَكُمْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَنْهَاكُمْ عَنِ الْحَقْلِ وَيَقُولُ مَنِ اسْتَغْنَى عَنْ أَرْضِهِ فَلْيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ أَوْ لِيَدَعْ  

"Rafi' bin Khadij came to us and said: 'The Messenger of Allah has forbidden something that was beneficial for us, but obedience to the Messenger of Allah is better for you. He has forbidden Al-Haql (renting land in return for one-third or one-quarter of the produce) to you, and says: Whoever has land, let him give it (to someone else to cultivate it) or leave it. And he has forbidden Al-Muzabanah. Al-Muzabanah means when a man has a lot of date-palm trees and another man comes and takes it in return for a certain number of Wasqs of dried dates.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3864)  

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَكُمْ نَافِعًا وَطَاعَةُ اللهِ وَطَاعَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ نَهَاكُمْ عَنِ الْحَقْلِ وَقَالَ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَمْنَحْهَا أَوْ لِيَدَعْهَا وَنَهَانَا عَنِ الْمُزَابَنَةِ وَالْمُزَابَنَةُ الرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ لَهُ الْمَالُ الْعَظِيمُ مِنَ النَّخْلِ فَيَجِيءُ الرَّجُلُ فَيَأْخُذُهَا بِكَذَا وَكَذَا وَسْقًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ  

[Machine] He gave him a third, a fourth, and half of his land, and he stipulated that a third of it be used for grazing, the fourth for farmers, and the remaining half for quenching the spring. He said, "We used to work with iron, and whatever Allah willed, we would benefit from it, until Rafe' bin Khadij came to us and said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbids you from something that used to benefit you. Obedience to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is more beneficial for you. When one of you has enough land, let him give it to his brother or abandon it, and do not engage in mutual competition.' Mutual competition means that a person claims to have taken a certain amount of dates from a large amount of palm trees."  

عَنْ أَرْضِهِ أَعْطَاهَا بِالثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ وَالنِّصْفِ وَيَشْتَرِطُ ثُلُثَهُ جَدَاوِلَ وَالْقَصَّابِينَ وَمَا سَقَى الرَّبِيعُ قَالَ وَكُنَّا نَعْمَلُ بِالْحَدِيدِ وَمَا شَاءَ اللهُ وَنُصِيبُ مِنْهَا مَنْفَعَةً حَتَّى جَاءَنَا رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَكُمْ نَافِعًا وَطَاعَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْفَعُ لَكُمْ «إِذَا اسْتَغْنَى أَحَدُكُمْ عَنْ أَرْضِهِ فَلْيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ أَوْ يَدَعْ وَيَنْهَاكُمْ عَنِ الْمُزَابَنَةِ» وَالْمُزَابَنَةُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْمَالُ الْعَظِيمُ مِنَ النَّخْلِ فَيَقُولُ قَدْ أَخَذْتُهُ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا وَسْقًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ  

"Rafi' bin Khadij came to us and said: 'The Messenger of Allah has forbidden something that was beneficial for us, but obedience to the Messenger of Allah is better for you. He has forbidden Al-Haql (renting land in return for one-third or one-quarter of the produce) to you, and says: Whoever has land, let him give it (to someone else to cultivate it) or leave it. And he has forbidden Al-Muzabanah. Al-Muzabanah means when a man has a lot of date-palm trees and another man comes and takes it in return for a certain number of Wasqs of dried dates.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3864)  

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا وَطَاعَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ «نَهَاكُمْ عَنِ الْحَقْلِ وَقَالَ مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَمْنَحْهَا أَوْ لِيَدَعْهَا وَنَهَى عَنِ الْمُزَابَنَةِ وَالْمُزَابَنَةُ» الرَّجُلُ يَكُونُ لَهُ الْمَالُ الْعَظِيمُ مِنَ النَّخْلِ فَيَجِيءُ الرَّجُلُ فَيَأْخُذُهَا بِكَذَا وَكَذَا وَسْقًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ  

"Rafi' bin Khadij came to us and I was not sure what he meant. He said: 'The Messenger of Allah has forbidden to you something that used to benefit you, but obedience to the Messenger of Allah is better for you than that which benefits you. The Messenger of Allah has forbidden Al-Haql for you. Al-Haql means share-cropping the land in return for one-third or one-quarter (of the yield). So whoever has land that he does not need, let him give it to his brother (to cultivate it) or let him leave it. And he has forbidden to you Al-Muzabanah. Al-Muzabanah means when a man has a great number of datepalms and says: Take it in return for (a certain number of) Wasqs of dried dates this year.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3865)  

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَاكُمْ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ يَنْفَعُكُمْ وَطَاعَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ مِمَّا يَنْفَعُكُمْ «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنِ الْحَقْلِ وَالْحَقْلُ الْمُزَارَعَةُ بِالثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ فَمَنْ كَانَ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَاسْتَغْنَى عَنْهَا فَلْيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ أَوْ لِيَدَعْ وَنَهَاكُمْ عَنِ الْمُزَابَنَةِ وَالْمُزَابَنَةُ» الرَّجُلُ يَجِيءُ إِلَى النَّخْلِ الْكَثِيرِ بِالْمَالِ الْعَظِيمِ فَيَقُولُ خُذْهُ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا وَسْقًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ ذَلِكَ الْعَامَ  

[Machine] He gave her a third, a quarter, and half of his land. He required three conditions and also required the watering of the spring. The living conditions were difficult at that time. He said, "We used to work in it with iron and with what Allah willed, and we would benefit from it." Then, Rafee' bin Khadeej came to us and said, "Verily, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbids you from a matter that was beneficial to you, and obedience to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is more beneficial to you. For he forbids you from plowing the field and says, 'Whoever can do without his land should grant it to his brother or abandon it.'" And he forbids you from al-Muzabanah, which is when a man has a great amount of wealth from date palms and someone comes to him and says, 'I took this much and watered it with dates.'  

عَنْ أَرْضِهِ أَعْطَاهَا بِالثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ وَالنِّصْفِ وَيَشْتَرِطُ ثَلَاثَ جَدَاوِلَ وَيَشْتَرِطُ الْقُصَارَةَ وَمَا سَقَى الرَّبِيعُ وَكَانَ الْعَيْشُ إِذْ ذَاكَ شَدِيدًا قَالَ وَكُنَّا نَعْمَلُ فِيهَا بِالْحَدِيدِ وَبِمَا شَاءَ اللهُ وَنُصِيبُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَنْفَعَةً فَأَتَانَا رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَكُمْ نَافِعًا وَطَاعَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْفَعُ لَكُمْ؛ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْهَاكُمْ عَنِ الْحَقْلِ وَيَقُولُ مَنِ اسْتَغْنَى عَنْ أَرْضِهِ فَلْيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ أَوْ لَيَدَعْ وَيَنْهَاكُمْ عَنِ الْمُزَابَنَةِ وَالْمُزَابَنَةُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِلرَّجُلِ الْمَالُ الْعَظِيمُ مِنَ النَّخْلِ فَيَأْتِيهِ الرَّجُلُ فَيَقُولُ قَدْ أَخَذْتُهُ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا وَسْقِ تَمْرٍ  

"عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ أُسَيْدِ بْنِ ظُهْرِ بْنِ أَخَى رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ: كَانَ أَحَدُنَا إِذَا اسْتَغْنَى عنْ أَرْضِهِ أَعْطَاهَا بِالثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ وَالنِّصْفِ، وَيَشْتَرِطُ ثُلُثَهُ جَدَاوِلَ

والْعَصَاةَ (*)، وَمَا سَقَى الرَّبِيعُ، وَكَانَ الْعَيْشُ إِذْ ذَاكَ شَدِيدًا، وَكَانَ يَعْملُ فِيهَا بالْحَدِيدِ وَبِمَا شَاءَ الله، وَيُصيبُ مِنْها مَنْفَعَةً، فأَتَى رَافِع بْن خَدِيجٍ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ نَهَاكُمْ عَنْ أَمْر كَانَ نَافعًا، وَطَاعَةُ رسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْفَعُ لَكُمْ، إِنَّ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ نَهَاكُمْ عَنِ الْحَقْلِ، وَيَقُولُ: مَنِ اسْتَغْنَى عَنْ أَرْضِهِ فَلْيَمنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ أَوْ لِيَدَعْ، وَنَهَاكُمْ عَنِ الْمُزَابَنَةِ، وَالْمُزَابَنَةُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الرَّجُلُ لَهُ الْمَالُ الْعَظِيَمُ مِنَ الْنَّخْلِ فَيَأتِيهِ الرَّجُلُ فَيَقُولُ: قَدْ أَخَذْتُهُ بِكَذَا وَسْقًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ".