21/18. Chapter:
Sahih Muslim 1548b — Share-Based Land Rent
Leasing out Land (Kira) in return for food
Hadith About Renting Land on a Share Basis
Sahih Muslim : 1548b
Sahih MuslimHadith Number 1548b
وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى، أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ كَتَبَ إِلَىَّ يَعْلَى بْنُ حَكِيمٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنَ يَسَارٍ، يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ، قَالَ كُنَّا نُحَاقِلُ بِالأَرْضِ فَنُكْرِيهَا عَلَى الثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ . ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ بِمِثْلِ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ .
Rafi' bin Khadij Narrated from:
We used to give land on rent, and we rented it on one-third or one-fourth share. The rest of the hadith is the same.
Reference : Sahih Muslim 1548bIn-book reference : Book 21, Hadith 145USC-MSA web (English) reference : Book 10, Hadith 3743
Summary of Sahih Muslim Hadith 1548b
This hadith about renting land records Rafi b. Khadij saying that they used to give land on rent for one-third or one-fourth of the produce. The wording is short, and it says the rest of the report is the same as the earlier narration. So the focus stays on the practice itself: land was rented with a share of the crop as payment. The report is useful for anyone searching for Muhaqala hadith, sharecropping in Islam, or land rental in Islam because it shows how the issue was discussed through real farming practice. It does not add new details beyond the one-third and one-fourth shares, so the explanation should remain limited to that point.
What we learn from this hadith
- Land rental was being practiced through crop-share arrangements.
- The narration mentions one-third and one-fourth shares as examples of the rent method.
- The report points readers back to the fuller narration for the complete wording.
- It teaches caution when explaining short narrations that refer to another report.
