"Rafi' bin Khadij came to us and said: 'The Messenger of Allah has forbidden something that was beneficial for us, but obedience to the Messenger of Allah is better for you. He has forbidden Al-Haql (renting land in return for one-third or one-quarter of the produce) to you, and says: Whoever has land, let him give it (to someone else to cultivate it) or leave it. And he has forbidden Al-Muzabanah. Al-Muzabanah means when a man has a lot of date-palm trees and another man comes and takes it in return for a certain number of Wasqs of dried dates.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3864)   

إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَكُمْ نَافِعًا وَطَاعَةُ اللهِ وَطَاعَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْفَعُ لَكُمْ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ يَنْهَاكُمْعَنِ الْحَقْلِ وَيَقُولُ مَنْ اسْتَغْنَى عَنْ أَرْضِهِ فَلْيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ أَوْ لِيَدَعْ وَيَنْهَاكُمْ عَنِ الْمُزَابَنَةِ وَالْمُزَابَنَةُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الرَّجُلُ لَهُ الْمَالُ الْعَظِيمُ مِنَ النَّخْلِ فَيَأْتِيهِ الرَّجُلُ فَيَقُولُ قَدْ أَخَذْتُهُ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا وَسْقًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ  

[Machine] He gave him a third, a fourth, and half of his land, and he stipulated that a third of it be used for grazing, the fourth for farmers, and the remaining half for quenching the spring. He said, "We used to work with iron, and whatever Allah willed, we would benefit from it, until Rafe' bin Khadij came to us and said, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbids you from something that used to benefit you. Obedience to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is more beneficial for you. When one of you has enough land, let him give it to his brother or abandon it, and do not engage in mutual competition.' Mutual competition means that a person claims to have taken a certain amount of dates from a large amount of palm trees."  

عَنْ أَرْضِهِ أَعْطَاهَا بِالثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ وَالنِّصْفِ وَيَشْتَرِطُ ثُلُثَهُ جَدَاوِلَ وَالْقَصَّابِينَ وَمَا سَقَى الرَّبِيعُ قَالَ وَكُنَّا نَعْمَلُ بِالْحَدِيدِ وَمَا شَاءَ اللهُ وَنُصِيبُ مِنْهَا مَنْفَعَةً حَتَّى جَاءَنَا رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَكُمْ نَافِعًا وَطَاعَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْفَعُ لَكُمْ «إِذَا اسْتَغْنَى أَحَدُكُمْ عَنْ أَرْضِهِ فَلْيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ أَوْ يَدَعْ وَيَنْهَاكُمْ عَنِ الْمُزَابَنَةِ» وَالْمُزَابَنَةُ أَنْ يَكُونَ الْمَالُ الْعَظِيمُ مِنَ النَّخْلِ فَيَقُولُ قَدْ أَخَذْتُهُ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا وَسْقًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ  

[Machine] He gave her a third, a quarter, and half of his land. He required three conditions and also required the watering of the spring. The living conditions were difficult at that time. He said, "We used to work in it with iron and with what Allah willed, and we would benefit from it." Then, Rafee' bin Khadeej came to us and said, "Verily, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbids you from a matter that was beneficial to you, and obedience to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is more beneficial to you. For he forbids you from plowing the field and says, 'Whoever can do without his land should grant it to his brother or abandon it.'" And he forbids you from al-Muzabanah, which is when a man has a great amount of wealth from date palms and someone comes to him and says, 'I took this much and watered it with dates.'  

عَنْ أَرْضِهِ أَعْطَاهَا بِالثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ وَالنِّصْفِ وَيَشْتَرِطُ ثَلَاثَ جَدَاوِلَ وَيَشْتَرِطُ الْقُصَارَةَ وَمَا سَقَى الرَّبِيعُ وَكَانَ الْعَيْشُ إِذْ ذَاكَ شَدِيدًا قَالَ وَكُنَّا نَعْمَلُ فِيهَا بِالْحَدِيدِ وَبِمَا شَاءَ اللهُ وَنُصِيبُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ مَنْفَعَةً فَأَتَانَا رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَكُمْ نَافِعًا وَطَاعَةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْفَعُ لَكُمْ؛ فَإِنَّهُ يَنْهَاكُمْ عَنِ الْحَقْلِ وَيَقُولُ مَنِ اسْتَغْنَى عَنْ أَرْضِهِ فَلْيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ أَوْ لَيَدَعْ وَيَنْهَاكُمْ عَنِ الْمُزَابَنَةِ وَالْمُزَابَنَةُ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِلرَّجُلِ الْمَالُ الْعَظِيمُ مِنَ النَّخْلِ فَيَأْتِيهِ الرَّجُلُ فَيَقُولُ قَدْ أَخَذْتُهُ بِكَذَا وَكَذَا وَسْقِ تَمْرٍ