"Muhammad used to say: 'In my view land is like the wealth put into a Mudarabah (limited partnership) contract. Whatever is valid with regard to the wealth put into a Mudarabah partnership, is valid with regard to land, and whatever is not valid with regard to the wealth put into a Mudarabah partnership, then it is not valid with regard to land.'" He said: "He did not see anything wrong with giving all of his land to the plowman on the basis that he would work with it himself, or with his children, and helpers, and oxen, and, that he would not spend anything on it; all expenses were to be paid by the owner of the land." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3928)  

كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ يَقُولُ «الْأَرْضُ عِنْدِي مِثْلُ الْمَالِ الْمُضَارَبَةِ فَمَا صَلَحَ فِي الْمَالِ الْمُضَارَبَةِ صَلَحَ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَمَا لَمْ يَصْلُحْ فِي الْمَالِ الْمُضَارَبَةِ لَمْ يَصْلُحْ فِي الْأَرْضِ» قَالَ «وَكَانَ لَا يَرَى بَأْسًا أَنْ يَدْفَعَ أَرْضَهُ إِلَى الْأَكَّارِ عَلَى أَنْ يَعْمَلَ فِيهَا بِنَفْسِهِ وَوَلَدِهِ وَأَعْوَانِهِ وَبَقَرِهِ وَلَا يُنْفِقُ شَيْئًا وَتَكُونُ النَّفَقَةُ كُلُّهَا مِنْ رَبِّ الْأَرْضِ»  

The Prophet ﷺ handed over the Jews of Khaibar the palm trees and the land of Khaibar on condition that they should employ what belonged to them in working on them, and that he should have half of the fruits. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 3409)  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ «دَفَعَ إِلَى يَهُودِ خَيْبَرَ نَخْلَ خَيْبَرَ وَأَرْضَهَا عَلَى أَنْ يَعْتَمِلُوهَا مِنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَأَنَّ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ شَطْرَ ثَمَرَتِهَا»  

Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave the land of Khaibar to the Jew's on the condition that they work on it and cultivate it, and be given half of its yield. (Using translation from Bukhārī 2331)   

عَنِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ «أَعْطَى اليَهُودَ خَيْبَرَ عَلَى أَنْ يَعْمَلُوهَا وَيَزْرَعُوهَا وَلَهُمْ شَطْرُ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا»  

"Arable land used to be leased out at the time of the Messenger of Allah on condition that the owner of the land would have whatever grew on the banks of the streams and a share of straw, I do not know how much it was." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3931)  

أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ كَانَ يَقُولُ «كَانَتِ الْمَزَارِعُ تُكْرَى عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى أَنَّ لِرَبِّ الْأَرْضِ مَا عَلَى رَبِيعِ السَّاقِي مِنَ الزَّرْعِ وَطَائِفَةً مِنَ التِّبْنِ لَا أَدْرِي كَمْ هُوَ»  

"Two of my paternal uncles used to cultivate (land) in return for one-third or one-quarter of the crop, and my father was their partner. 'Alqamah and Al-Aswad knew about that and did not change anything." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3932)  

«كَانَ عَمَّايَ يُزَارِعَانِ بِالثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ وَأَنَا شَرِيكُهُمَا وَعَلْقَمَةُ وَالْأَسْوَدُ يَعْلَمَانِ فَلَا يُغَيِّرَانِ»  

"Ibn 'Abbas said: 'The best thing you can do is for one of you to rent his land out in return for gold and silver.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3933)  

أَنْ يُؤَاجِرَ أَحَدُكُمْ أَرْضَهُ بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْوَرِقِ»  

[Machine] "There is no harm in renting the white land with gold and silver."  

«لَا بَأْسَ بِإِجَارَةِ الْأَرْضِ الْبَيْضَاءِ بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ»  

It was narrated from Ibrahim and Sa'eed bin Jubair that they did not see anything wrong with renting uncultivated land. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3934)  

عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَسَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ «أَنَّهُمَا كَانَا لَا يَرَيَانِ بَأْسًا بِاسْتِئْجَارِ الْأَرْضِ الْبَيْضَاءِ»  

"I do not know that Shuraih ever ruled on Mudarabah disputes except in two ways. He would say to the Mudarib (the one who contributed his labor to the partnership): 'You must provide proof that a calamity befell you so that you may be excused.' Or he would say to the one who invested his money in the partnership: 'You must provide proof that your trustee betrayed his trust, otherwise his oath sworn by Allah that he did not betray you is sufficient.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3935)  

لَمْ أَعْلَمْ شُرَيْحًا كَانَ يَقْضِي فِي الْمُضَارِبِ إِلَّا بِقَضَائَيْنِ كَانَ رُبَّمَا قَالَ لِلْمُضَارِبِ بَيِّنَتُكَ عَلَى مُصِيبَةٍ تُعْذَرُ بِهَا وَرُبَّمَا قَالَ لِصَاحِبِ الْمَالِ بَيِّنَتُكَ عَلَى أَنَّ أَمِينَكَ خَانَكَ وَإِلَّا فَيَمِينُهُ بِاللهِ مَا خَانَكَ