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tirmidhi:1384 – Hannād > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > Abū Ḥaṣīn > Mujāhid > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us from a matter that was of benefit for us. When one of us had some land and we would let someone use it for a portion of its produce or some Dirham. He said: 'When one of you has some land then let him grant it to his brother, or let him farm it.'"

الترمذي:١٣٨٤ – حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَصِينٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا إِذَا كَانَتْ لأَحَدِنَا أَرْضٌ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهَا بِبَعْضِ خَرَاجِهَا أَوْ بِدَرَاهِمَ وَقَالَ إِذَا كَانَتْ لأَحَدِكُمْ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ أَوْ لِيَزْرَعْهَا

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tabarani:4356 – ʿUbayd b. Ghannām > Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh > Abū Ḥuṣayn > Mujāhid > Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

"The Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbade us from a matter that was of benefit for us. When one of us had some land and we would let someone use it for a portion of its produce or some Dirham. He said: 'When one of you has some land then let him grant it to his brother, or let him farm it.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 1384)

الطبراني:٤٣٥٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ عَنْ أَبِي حُصَيْنٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

نَهَانَا رَسُولُ اللهِ عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا نَهَانَا إِذَا كَانَ لِأَحَدِنَا أَرْضٌ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهَا بِبَعْضِ خَرْجِهَا بِثُلُثٍ أَوْ بِنِصْفٍ وَقَالَ «مَنْ كَانَتْ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ لِيَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ»

nasai-kubra:4584 – ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Khālid / Ibn al-Ḥārith > Shuʿbah > ʿAbd al-Malik > Mujāhid > Ḥaddath Rāfiʿ b. Khadīj

"The Messenger of Allah came out to us and forbade something for us that had been beneficial for us. He said: 'Whoever has land, let him cultivate it or give it to someone else (to cultivate), or leave it.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3871)

الكبرى للنسائي:٤٥٨٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ خَالِدٍ وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَ رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ قَالَ

خَرَجَ إِلَيْنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَنَهَانَا عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ لَنَا نَافِعًا فَقَالَ «مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ أَرْضٌ فَلْيَزْرَعْهَا أَوْ يَمْنَحْهَا أَخَاهُ أَوْ يَذَرْهَا»