28 hadith in this book; 28 translated into English.
Chapter 1Chapter: Sowing seeds and planting trees
Chapter introduction
The Statement of Allah تعالى: “Then tell Me about the seed that you sow in the ground, is it you that make it to grow, or are We the grower? Were it Our Will, We could crumble it to dry pieces...” (V.56:63-65)
AuthenticMuttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim)No. 2320
Narrated Abu Ja‘far: All the emigrants in Al-Madina used to cultivate the land (for the Ansar) on the condition of having one-third or one-fourth of the yield. ‘Ali, Sa‘d bin Malik, ‘Abdullah bin Mas‘ud, ‘Umar bin ‘Abdul ‘Aziz, Al-Qasim, ‘Urwa and the families of Abu Bakr, of ‘Umar and of ‘Ali, and Ibn Sirin cultivated the land of ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Yazid on the basis of taking a portion of the yield. ‘Umar made a deal with the people that if he provided the seeds, he would get half of the yield, and if they provided the seeds, they would get so-and-so much. Al-Hasan said, “There is no harm if the land belongs to one, but both spend on it and the yield is divided between them.” Az-Zuhri had the same opinion. Al-Hasan said, “There is no harm if cotton is picked on the condition of having half the yield.” Ibrahim, Ibn Sirin, ‘Ata, Al-Hakam, Az-Zuhri and Qatada said, “There is no harm in giving the yarn to the weaver to weave into cloth on the basis that one-third of the cloth is given to the weaver for his labour.” Ma‘mar said, “There is no harm in hiring animals for a definite (fixed) period on the basis that one-third or one-fourth of the products carried by the animals is given to the owner of the animals.”
AuthenticMuttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim)No. 2328
Chapter 14Chapter: The Auqaf, Kharaj, share-cropping and other agreements
Chapter introduction
The Prophet ﷺ said to ‘Umar, “Give those trees as a whole in charity (as Waqf) so that those might not be sold but their fruits can be spent and given in charity.” So, ‘Umar gave those trees in charity.
‘Ali رضي الله عنه had the same opinion concerning such land in Kufa. ‘Umar said, “Whoever cultivates uncultivated land (belonging to nobody) will possess it.” ‘Umar and Ibn ‘Auf narrated the same from the Prophet ﷺ adding, “… provided that the land does not belong to any Muslim; otherwise one has no right to plant anything in it oppressively.”
كُنْتُ أَعْلَمُ فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّ الأَرْضَ تُكْرَى. ثُمَّ خَشِيَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَنْ يَكُونَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَدْ أَحْدَثَ فِي ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْلَمُهُ…
Narrated by Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar
Chapter 19Chapter: To rent the land for gold and silver
Chapter introduction
Ibn ‘Abbās said, “The best thing to do is to take the uncultivated land on a yearly rental basis.”
أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يُكْرُونَ الأَرْضَ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمَا يَنْبُتُ عَلَى الأَرْبِعَاءِ أَوْ شَىْءٍ يَسْتَثْنِيهِ صَاحِبُ الأَرْضِ فَنَهَى النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ ذَلِكَ