I said to Tawus, "If only you would stop sharecropping, since people claim that the Prophet ﷺ forbade it."He replied, "Amr, I give them their share and provide for their needs. The most knowledgeable of them, meaning Ibn Abbas , informed me that the Prophet ﷺ did not forbid it, but rather said, 'For one of you to grant his brother the use of his land is better for him than taking a fixed rent for it.'"
باب حدثنا علي بن عبد الله حدثنا سفيان
قلت لطاوس لو تركت المخابرة فإنهم يزعمون أن النبي ﷺ نهى عنه قال أي عمرو إني أعطيهم وأغنيهم وإن أعلمهم أخبرني يعني ابن عباس رضي الله عنهما أن النبي ﷺ لم ينه عنه ولكن قال أن يمنح أحدكم أخاه خير له من أن يأخذ عليه خرجا معلوما