"At the time of the Messenger of Allah landowners used to lease their arable land in return for whatever grew on the banks of the streams for irrigation. They came to the Messenger of Allah and referred a dispute concerning such matters to him, and the Messenger of Allah forbade them to lease land on such terms, and said: 'Lease it for gold or silver.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3894)
كَانَ أَصْحَابُ الْمَزَارِعِ يُكْرُونَ فِي زَمَانِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَزَارِعَهُمْ بِمَا يَكُونُ عَلَى السَّاقِي مِنَ الزَّرْعِ فَجَاءُوا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَاخْتَصَمُوا فِي بَعْضِ ذَلِكَ فَنَهَاهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُكْرُوا بِذَلِكَ وَقَالَ «اكْرُوا بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ» وَرَوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ يَسَارٍ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ فَقَالَ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ عُمُومَتِهِ