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bukhari:2342Qabīṣah > Sufyān > ʿAmr > Dhakartuh Liṭāwus > Yuzriʿ > Ibn

When I mentioned it (i.e. the narration of Rafiʿ 'bin Khadij: no. 532) to Tawus, he said, "It is permissible to rent the land for cultivation, for Ibn ʿAbbas said, 'The Prophet ﷺ did not forbid that, but said: One had better give the land to one's brother gratis rather than charge a certain amount for it.' "  

البخاري:٢٣٤٢حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرٍو قَالَ ذَكَرْتُهُ لِطَاوُسٍ فَقَالَ يُزْرِعُ قَالَ

ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ لَمْ يَنْهَ عَنْهُ وَلَكِنْ قَالَ أَنْ يَمْنَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ شَيْئًا مَعْلُومًا  


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muslim:1550dʿAbd b. Ḥumayd And Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ > ʿAbd > Ibn Rāfiʿ > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

If one among you lets out land to his brother, that is better for him than if he receives such and such (the definite thing). Ibn 'Abbis (Allah be pleased with them) said: It is Haql, and in the parlance of the Ansr it is Muhaqala.  

مسلم:١٥٥٠dوَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ قَالَ عَبْدٌ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ ابْنُ رَافِعٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لأَنْ يَمْنَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ أَرْضَهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ عَلَيْهَا كَذَا وَكَذَا لِشَىْءٍ مَعْلُومٍ قَالَ وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ هُوَ الْحَقْلُ وَهُوَ بِلِسَانِ الأَنْصَارِ الْمُحَاقَلَةُ  

abudawud:3389Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ibn ʿUmar

I heard Ibn Umar say: We did not see any harm in sharecropping till I heard Rafi' ibn Khadij say: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has forbidden it. So I mentioned it to Tawus. He said: Ibn Abbas told me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had not forbidden it, but said: It is better for one of you to lend to his brother than to take a prescribed sum from him.  

أبو داود:٣٣٨٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ مَا كُنَّا نَرَى بِالْمُزَارَعَةِ بَأْسًا حَتَّى

سَمِعْتُ رَافِعَ بْنَ خَدِيجٍ يَقُولُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْهَا فَذَكَرْتُهُ لِطَاوُسٍ فَقَالَ قَالَ لِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَنْهَ عَنْهَا وَلَكِنْ قَالَ لأَنْ يَمْنَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَرْضَهُ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ عَلَيْهَا خَرَاجًا مَعْلُومًا  

ibnmajah:2457al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm al-ʿAnbarī > ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ibn Ṭāwus from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās

“If one of you were to lend his brother his land, it would be better for him than taking such and such rent for it.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٤٥٧حَدَّثَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَنْبَأَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لأَنْ يَمْنَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ أَرْضَهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ عَلَيْهَا كَذَا وَكَذَا لِشَىْءٍ مَعْلُومٍ وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ هُوَ الْحَقْلُ وَهُوَ بِلِسَانِ الأَنْصَارِ الْمُحَاقَلَةُ  

ibnmajah:2464Abū Bakr b. Khalāad al-Bāhilī And Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl > Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās Innamā

“For one of you to give (land) to his brother is better for him than if he were to take a set amount in rent for it.”  

ابن ماجة:٢٤٦٤حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ خَلاَّدٍ الْبَاهِلِيُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّمَا

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لأَنْ يَمْنَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ الأَرْضَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ لَهَا خَرَاجًا مَعْلُومًا  

ahmad:2862ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Ibn Ṭāwus > Abīhiʿan Ibn ʿAbbās > Laʾan Yamnaḥ Aḥadukum Akhāh Arḍah Khayr Lah from > Yaʾkhudh ʿAlayhā Kadhā And Kadhā Lishayʾ Maʿlūm

“If one of you were to lend his brother his land, it would be better for him than taking such and such rent for it.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2457)  

أحمد:٢٨٦٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنِ ابْنِ طَاوُسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

لَأَنْ يَمْنَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ أَرْضَهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ عَلَيْهَا كَذَا وَكَذَا لِشَيْءٍ مَعْلُومٍ قَالَ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَهُوَ الْحَقْلُ وَهُوَ بِلِسَانِ الْأَنْصَارِ الْمُحَاقَلَةُ  

ahmad:2087Wakīʿ > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār Qālasamiʿt Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade it. Amr mentioned it to Tawus, who said, "Ibn Abbas said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: It is better for one of you to give his brother land as a gift than to take a known rent for it."  

أحمد:٢٠٨٧حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ قَالَسَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ يَقُولُ كُنَّا نُخَابِرُ وَلا نَرَى بِذَلِكَ بَأْسًا حَتَّى زَعَمَ رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ نَهَى عَنْهُ قَالَ عَمْرٌو ذَكَرْتُهُ لِطَاوُسٍ فَقَالَ طَاوُسٌ قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ إِنَّمَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَمْنَحُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ الْأَرْضَ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ لَهَا خَرَاجًا مَعْلُومًا  

tabarani:10880Aḥmad b. Dāwud al-Makkī > Muḥammad b. Kathīr > Sufyān > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "For one of you to give his brother his land as a gift is better for him than taking a specified reward."  

الطبراني:١٠٨٨٠حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لِأَنْ يَمْنَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ أَرْضَهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ أَجْرًا مَعْلُومًا»  

tabarani:10881Aḥmad b. Dāwud al-Makkī > Ibn ʿĀʾishah > Ḥammād b. Salamah > ʿAmr b. Dīnār > Ṭāwus > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not prohibit renting land, but he said, "It is better for one of you to give his brother a gift than to charge him rent for it."  

الطبراني:١٠٨٨١حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا ابْنُ عَائِشَةَ ثنا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

لَمْ يَنْهَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ كِرَاءِ الْأَرْضِ وَلَكِنَّهُ قَالَ «لِأَنْ يَمْنَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ عَلَيْهَا أَجْرًا»