Narrated Urwah bin al-Zubair: That Zayd ibn Thabit said: May Allah forgive Rafi ibn Khadij. I swear by Allah, I have more knowledge of Hadith than him. Two persons of the Ansar (according to the version of Musaddad) came to him who were disputing with each other. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: If this is your position, then do not lease the agricultural land. The version of Musaddad has: So he (Rafi ibn Khadij) heard his statement: Do not lease agricultural lands.
Read More..Narrated Saad: We used to lease land for what grew by the streamlets and for what was watered from them. The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم forbade us to do that, and commanded us to lease if for gold or silver.
Read More..Narrated Hanzlah bin Qais al-Ansari: I asked Rafi bin Khadij about the lease of land for gold and silver (i. e. for dinars and dirhams). There is no harm in it, for the people used to let out land in the time of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم for what grew by the current of water and at the banks of streamlets and at the places of cultivation. So sometimes this (portion) perished and that (portion) was saved, and sometimes this remained intact and that perished. There was no (form of) lease among the people except this. Therefore, he forbade it. But if there is something which is secure and known, then there is no harm in it. The tradition of Ibrahim is more perfect. Qutaibah said: from Hanzalah on the authority of Rafi . Abu Dawud said: A similar tradition has been transmitted by Yahya bin Saeed from Hanzalah.
Read More..Hanzalah ibn Qays said that he asked Rafi ibn Khadij about the lease of land. He replied: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم forbade the leasing of land. I asked: (Did he forbid) for gold and silver (i. e. dinars and dirhams)? He replied: If it is against gold and silver, then there is no harm in it.
Read More..Narrated Salim bin Abdullah bin Umar: Ibn Umar used to let out his land till it reached him that Rafi bin Khadij al-Ansari narrated that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم forbade let out land. So Abdullah (bin Umar) said: Ibn Khadij, what do you narrate from the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم about leasing the land? Rafi replied to Abdullah bin Umar: I heard both of my uncles were present in the battle of Badr say, and they narrated it to the members of the family, that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم forbade leasing land. Abdullah said: I swear by Allah, I knew that land was leased in the time of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. Abdullah then feared that the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم might have created something new in that matter, so he gave up leasing land. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has also been transmitted by Ayyub, Ubaid Allah, Kathir bin Farqad, Malik from Nafi on the authority of Rafi from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. It has also been transmitted by al-Auzai' from Hafs bin 'Inan al-Hanafi from Nafi from Rafi who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say: Similarly, it has been transmitted by Zaid bin Abi Unaisah from al-Hakkam from Nafi from Ibn Umar that he went to Rafi and asked: Have you heard the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say? He replied: Yes. Similarly, it has also been transmitted by Ikrimah bin Ammar from Abu al-Najashi, from Rafi bin Khadij who said: I heard the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم say. It has also been transmitted by al-Auzai from Abu al-Najashi from Rafi bin Khadij from his uncle Zuhair bin Rafi from the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. Abu Dawud said: The name of Abu al-Najashi is Ata bin Suhaib.
Read More..Narrated Rafi bin Khadij: We used to employ people to till land for a share of it produce. He then maintained that, one of his uncles came to him and said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم forbade us from a work which beneficial to us. But obedience to Allah and His Messenger صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم is more beneficial to us. We asked: What is that ? He said: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: If anyone has land, he should cultivate it, or lend it to his brother for cultivation. He should not rent it for a third or a quarter (of the produce) or for specified among of produce.
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