"O Banu Harithah, a calamity has befallen you." They said: "What is it?" He said: "The Messenger of Allah has forbidden leasing land." We said: "O Messenger of Allah, what if we lease it in return for some of the grain?" He said, "No." He said: "We used to lease it in return for straw." He said: "No." "We used to lease it in return for what is planted on the banks of a stream that is used for irrigation." He said: "No. Cultivate it (yourself) or give it to your brother." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3862)
يَا بَنِي حَارِثَةَ لَقَدْ دَخَلَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا مَا هِيَ؟ قَالَ «نَهَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَنْ كِرَاءِ الْأَرْضِ» قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِذًا نُكْرِيهَا بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الْحَبِّ قَالَ «لَا» قَالَ وَكُنَّا نُكْرِيهَا بِالتِّبْنِ فَقَالَ «لَا» وَكُنَّا نُكْرِيهَا بِمَا عَلَى الرَّبِيعِ السَّاقِي فَقَالَ «لَا ازْرَعْهَا أَوِ امْنَحْهَا أَخَاكَ» خَالَفَهُ مُجَاهِدٌ