Azami 5557

Malik related it in the chapter on Renting Land [1] from Rabia bin Abu Abdul-Rahman, from Hanzala bin Qays Zurqi, from Rafi bin Khadij who said, and he mentioned it. Muslim related it in the chapter on Transactions (1547:115) via the route of Malik with the same wording.Uzai also related it, differing from Malik in wording, from Rabia bin Abu Abdul-Rahman, "Hanzala bin Qays Ansari told me, I asked Rafi bin Khadij about renting land for gold and silver. He said, 'There is no harm in it. People used to rent out land in the time of the Prophet ﷺ in exchange for what grew along the streams, the heads of the channels, and portions of the crop, so this one would perish and that one survive, and that one survive and this one perish. That was the only form of renting people had, and that is why it was forbidden. But something known and guaranteed, there is no harm in it.'"Muslim related this (1547:116) from Ishaq, who reported that Isa bin Yunus informed him, who reported from Uzai, who said, and he mentioned it.Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad also related it, from Rabia with his chain, with this wording, "People used to rent out farmland in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in exchange for what grew along the streams, what the water channel irrigated, and some straw. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ disliked renting farmland on these terms, and forbade it." Rafi said, "There is no harm in renting it for dirhams and dinars."Imam Ahmad (15809) and Ibn Hibban (1975) related it through two routes from Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad, and their wordings are identical. Layth likewise related it from Rabia as a raised hadith, as mentioned above, with some variation in wording.Sufyan Thawri differed from all of them, relating it from Rabia without raising it to the Prophet. Abdul-Razzaq related it from him (14452), and likewise Nasai (3901), with this wording, "I asked Rafi bin Khadij about renting bare land, and he said, 'It is lawful, there is no harm in it. What was forbidden was only irmath, that is, when a man gives out land while reserving part of it for himself,' and similar arrangements." The ruling goes to whoever adds more detail.Nasai said, "Yahya bin Saeed related it from Hanzala bin Qays and raised it to the Prophet, just as Malik related it from Rabia."As for his saying "madhyanat," with a kasrah on the dhal, these are the streams, and the word is not Arabic in origin. Its meaning is what grows along the two banks of the stream, belonging to the owner of the land. "Aqbal" is the plural of "qubl," and the meaning of "aqbal al-jadawil" is their beginnings and heads. "Jadawil" is the plural of "jadwal," which is a small stream.