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bayhaqi:11716 – Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū ʿAbdullāh Isḥāq b. Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Sūsī > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-ʿAbbās b. al-Walīd from my father > al-Awzāʿī > Abū al-Najāshī > Ṣaḥibt Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj Sit Sinīn > Faḥaddathanī from his uncle Ẓuhayr b. Rāfiʿ > Laqiyah Yawm

[Machine] He said, "Verily, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us from a matter that used to be beneficial for us." Rafi' said, "So I asked him, what did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say? For it is the truth." He said, "Do you see your gardens? What do you do with them?" We said, "We rent them out for a quarter (of the produce) and for the poorest of dates and barley." He said, "Do not do that. Cultivate them or withhold them."  

البيهقي:١١٧١٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفَ السُّوسِيُّ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْأَوْزَاعِيَّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو النَّجَاشِيِّ قَالَ صَحِبْتُ رَافِعَ بْنَ خَدِيجٍ سِتَّ سِنِينَ قَالَ فَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ عَمِّهِ ظُهَيْرِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ أَنَّهُ لَقِيَهُ يَوْمًا فَقَالَ

لَهُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَانَا عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا قَالَ رَافِعٌ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَهُوَ الْحَقُّ قَالَ أَرَأَيْتَ مَحَاقِلَكُمْ مَاذَا تَصْنَعُونَ بِهَا؟ قُلْنَا نُؤَاجِرُهَا عَلَى الرُّبُعِ وَعَلَى الْأَوْسُقِ مِنَ التَّمْرِ وَالشَّعِيرِ قَالَ فَلَا تَفْعَلُوا ازْرَعُوهَا أَوْ أَمْسِكُوهَا  

أَخْرَجَهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ مِنْ حَدِيثِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ

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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:2339 – Muḥammad b. Muqātil > ʿAbdullāh > al-Awzāʿī > Abū al-Najāshī a freed slave of Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj b. Rāfiʿ from his uncle Ẓuhayr b. Rāfiʿ

My uncle Zuhair said, "Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us to do a thing which was a source of help to us." I said, "Whatever Messenger of Allah ﷺ said was right." He said, "Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent for me and asked, 'What are you doing with your farms?' I replied, 'We give our farms on rent on the basis that we get the yield produced at the banks of the water streams (rivers) for the rent, or rent it for some Wasqs of barley and dates.' Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Do not do so, but cultivate (the land) yourselves or let it be cultivated by others gratis, or keep it uncultivated.' I said, 'We hear and obey.'  

البخاري:٢٣٣٩ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي النَّجَاشِيِّ مَوْلَى رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ سَمِعْتُ رَافِعَ بْنَ خَدِيجِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ عَنْ عَمِّهِ ظُهَيْرِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ قَالَ

ظُهَيْرٌ لَقَدْ نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ بِنَا رَافِقًا قُلْتُ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَهْوَ حَقٌّ قَالَ دَعَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ بِمَحَاقِلِكُمْ قُلْتُ نُؤَاجِرُهَا عَلَى الرُّبُعِ وَعَلَى الأَوْسُقِ مِنَ التَّمْرِ وَالشَّعِيرِ قَالَ لا تَفْعَلُوا ازْرَعُوهَا أَوْ أَزْرِعُوهَا أَوْ أَمْسِكُوهَا قَالَ رَافِعٌ قُلْتُ سَمْعًا وَطَاعَةً  

muslim:1548e – Isḥāq b. Manṣūr > Abū Mushir > Yaḥyá b. Ḥamzah > Abū ʿAmr al-Awzāʿī > Abū al-Najāshī a freed slave of Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj > Rāfiʿ > Ẓuhayr b. Rāfiʿ / ʿAmmuh > Atānī Ẓuhayr

Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade a practice which was useful for us. I said: What is this? (I believe) that whatrver Messenger of Allah ﷺ says is absolutely true. He (Zuhair) said that he (the Holy Prophet) asked me: What do you do with your cultivable lands? I said: Messenger of Allah, we rent those irrigated by canals for dry dates or barley. He said: Don't do that. Cultivate them or let them be cultivated (by others) or retain them yourself.  

مسلم:١٥٤٨e – حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُسْهِرٍ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَمْرٍو الأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي النَّجَاشِيِّ مَوْلَى رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ عَنْ رَافِعٍ أَنَّ ظُهَيْرَ بْنَ رَافِعٍ وَهُوَ عَمُّهُ قَالَ أَتَانِي ظُهَيْرٌ فَقَالَ

لَقَدْ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ بِنَا رَافِقًا فَقُلْتُ وَمَا ذَاكَ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَهُوَ حَقٌّ قَالَ سَأَلَنِي كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُونَ بِمَحَاقِلِكُمْ فَقُلْتُ نُؤَاجِرُهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلَى الرَّبِيعِ أَوِ الأَوْسُقِ مِنَ التَّمْرِ أَوِ الشَّعِيرِ قَالَ فَلاَ تَفْعَلُوا ازْرَعُوهَا أَوْ أَزْرِعُوهَا أَوْ أَمْسِكُوهَا  

nasai:3923 – Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Yaḥyá b. Ḥamzah > al-Awzāʿī > Abū al-Najāshī > Rāfiʿ > Atānā Ẓuhayr b. Rāfiʿ

"Zuhair bin Rafi' came to us and said: 'The Messenger of Allah forbade me to do something that was convenient for us.' I said: 'What was that?' He said: 'The command of the Messenger of Allah is true. He asked me: What do you do with your land? I said: We rent it out in return for one-quarter (of the yield) and a number of Wasqs of dates or barley. He said: Do not do that. Cultivate it, give it to someone else to cultivate, or keep it.'"  

النسائي:٣٩٢٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي النَّجَاشِيِّ عَنْ رَافِعٍ قَالَ أَتَانَا ظُهَيْرُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ فَقَالَ

نَهَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا رَافِقًا قُلْتُ وَمَا ذَاكَ قَالَ أَمْرُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ حَقٌّ سَأَلَنِي كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُونَ فِي مَحَاقِلِكُمْ قُلْتُ نُؤَاجِرُهَا عَلَى الرُّبُعِ وَالأَوْسَاقِ مِنَ التَّمْرِ أَوِ الشَّعِيرِ قَالَ فَلاَ تَفْعَلُوا ازْرَعُوهَا أَوْ أَزْرِعُوهَا أَوْ أَمْسِكُوهَا رَوَاهُ بُكَيْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الأَشَجِّ عَنْ أُسَيْدِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ فَجَعَلَ الرِّوَايَةَ لأَخِي رَافِعٍ  

ibnmajah:2459 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm al-Dimashqī > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > Abū al-Najāshī > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj from his uncle Ẓuhayr

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us from doing something that was convenient for us.” I said: “What the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said is true.” He said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “What do you with your farms?” We said: “We rent them out for one third or one quarter of their yield, and a certain amount of wheat and barley.” He said: “Do not do that; cultivate them or let others cultivate them.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٤٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو النَّجَاشِيِّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَافِعَ بْنَ خَدِيجٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَمِّهِ ظُهَيْرٍ قَالَ

نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا رَافِقًا فَقُلْتُ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَهُوَ حَقٌّ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا تَصْنَعُونَ بِمَحَاقِلِكُمْ قُلْنَا نُؤَاجِرُهَا عَلَى الثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ وَالأَوْسُقِ مِنَ الْبُرِّ وَالشَّعِيرِ فَقَالَ فَلاَ تَفْعَلُوا ازْرَعُوهَا أَوْ أَزْرِعُوهَا  

ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ ثَالِثٍ يُصَرِّحُ بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ﷺ «أَوْ لِيُزْرِعْهَا»، أَرَادَ بِهِ الزَّجْرَ عَنِ الْمُخَابَرَةِ الَّتِي تَكُونُ بِشَرَائِطَ مَجْهُولَةٍ فَنُدِبَ إِلَى الْمَنِيحَةِ مِنْ أَجْلِهَا

ibnhibban:5191 – Ibn Salm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman > al-Walīd > al-Awzāʿī > Abū al-Najāshī > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj from his uncle Ẓuhayr b. Rāfiʿ

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us from doing something that was convenient for us.” I said: “What the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said is true.” He said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “What do you with your farms?” We said: “We rent them out for one third or one quarter of their yield, and a certain amount of wheat and barley.” He said: “Do not do that; cultivate them or let others cultivate them.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2459)  

ابن حبّان:٥١٩١ – أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو النَّجَاشِيِّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَافِعَ بْنَ خَدِيجٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَمِّهِ ظُهَيْرِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ قَالَ

نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا مُوَافِقًا فَقُلْتُ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَهُوَ حَقٌّ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَا تَصْنَعُونَ بِمَحَاقِلِكُمْ؟ » قُلْنَا نُؤَاجِرُهَا عَلَى الثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ وَالْأَوْسُقِ مِنَ الْبُرِّ وَالشَّعِيرِ قَالَ «فَلَا تَفْعَلُوا ازْرَعُوهَا أَوْ أَزْرِعُوهَا»  

tabarani:4423 – Bakr b. Sahl > Nuʿaym b. Ḥammād > Ibn al-Mubārak > al-Awzāʿī > Abū al-Najāshī ʿAṭāʾ b. Ṣuhayb a freed slave of Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj > Ṣaḥibt Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj Sit Sinīn Faḥaddathanī from his uncle Ẓuhayr b. Rāfiʿ > Laqiyah Yawm

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us from doing something that was convenient for us.” I said: “What the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said is true.” He said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “What do you with your farms?” We said: “We rent them out for one third or one quarter of their yield, and a certain amount of wheat and barley.” He said: “Do not do that; cultivate them or let others cultivate them.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2459)   

الطبراني:٤٤٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ ثنا نُعَيْمُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ ثنا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو النَّجَاشِيِّ عَطَاءُ بْنُ صُهَيْبٍ مَوْلَى رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ صَحِبْتُ رَافِعَ بْنَ خَدِيجٍ سِتَّ سِنِينَ فَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ عَمِّهِ ظُهَيْرِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ أَنَّهُ لَقِيَهُ يَوْمًا فَقَالَ

لَهُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَانَا عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا قَالَ رَافِعٌ فَقُلْتُ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَهُوَ الْحَقُّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَرَأَيْتَ مَحَاقِلَتِكُمْ مَاذَا تَصْنَعُونَ بِهَا؟» قُلْنَا نُؤْجِرُهَا عَلَى الرُّبُعِ وَعَلَى الْأَوْسُقِ مِنَ التَّمْرِ وَالشَّعِيرِ قَالَ «فَلَا تَفْعَلُوا ازْرَعُوهَا أَوْ أَزْرِعُوهَا أَوْ أَمْسِكُوهَا»  

tabarani:8267 – Ibrāhīm b. Duḥaym from my father > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > Abū al-Najāshī > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj from his uncle Ẓahīr b. Rāfiʿ

“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us from doing something that was convenient for us.” I said: “What the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said is true.” He said that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “What do you with your farms?” We said: “We rent them out for one third or one quarter of their yield, and a certain amount of wheat and barley.” He said: “Do not do that; cultivate them or let others cultivate them.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2459)  

الطبراني:٨٢٦٧ – حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ دُحَيْمٍ ثنا أَبِي ثنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ ثنا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو النَّجَاشِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَافِعَ بْنَ خَدِيجٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَمِّهِ ظَهِيرِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ قَالَ

نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ بِنَا رَافِقًا قُلْتُ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَهُوَ حَقٌّ فَقَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا تَصْنَعُونَ بِمَحَاقِلِكُمْ؟» قُلْنَا نُؤَجِّرُهَا عَلَى الرُّبُعِ وَالثُّلُثِ وَالْأَوْسُقِ مِنَ التِّبْنِ وَالشَّعِيرِ قَالَ «فَلَا تَفْعَلُوا ازْرَعُوهَا أَوْ أَزْرِعُوهَا»  

nasai-kubra:4638 – Hishām b. ʿAmmār > Yaḥyá / Ibn Ḥamzah > al-Awzāʿī > Abū al-Najāshī > Rāfiʿ > Atān Ẓuhayr b. Rāfiʿ

Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade a practice which was useful for us. I said: What is this? (I believe) that whatrver Messenger of Allah ﷺ says is absolutely true. He (Zuhair) said that he (the Holy Prophet) asked me: What do you do with your cultivable lands? I said: Messenger of Allah, we rent those irrigated by canals for dry dates or barley. He said: Don't do that. Cultivate them or let them be cultivated (by others) or retain them yourself. (Using translation from Muslim 1548e)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٦٣٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى وَهُوَ ابْنُ حَمْزَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي النَّجَاشِيِّ عَنْ رَافِعٍ قَالَ أَتَانًا ظُهَيْرُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ فَقَالَ

نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ بِنَا رَافِقًا قُلْتُ وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَهُوَ حَقٌّ قَالَ سَأَلَنِي «كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُونَ فِي مَحَاقِلِكُمْ؟» قُلْتُ نُؤَجِّرُهَا عَلَى الرُّبُعِ وَالْأَوْسَاقِ مِنَ التَّمْرِ أَوِ الشَّعِيرِ قَالَ «فَلَا تَفْعَلُوا ازْرَعُوهَا أَوْ أَزْرِعُوهَا أَوِ امْسِكُوهَا» رَوَاهُ بُكَيْرٌ عَنْ أُسَيْدِ بْنِ رَافِعٍ فَجَعَلَ الرِّوَايَةَ لِأَخِي رَافِعٍ