35b/45: Chapter
Sunan an-Nasai 3878 — The Prohibition of Leasing Out Land
Mentioning The Differing Hadiths Regarding The Prohibition Of Leasing Out Land In Return For One Third, Or One Quarter Of The Harvest And The Different Wordings Reported By The Narrators
Hadith on Leasing Out Land: A Concise Prophetic Prohibition
Sunan an-Nasai : 3878
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 3878
أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، عَنْ مَطَرٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، رَفَعَهُ نَهَى عَنْ كِرَاءِ الأَرْضِ،. وَافَقَهُ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ جُرَيْجٍ عَلَى النَّهْىِ عَنْ كِرَاءِ الأَرْضِ،.
Jabir Narrated from:
It was narrated from Jabir who attributed it to the Prophet: "That he forbade leasing out land."
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 3878In-book reference : Book 35b, Hadith 22English translation : Vol. 4, Book 35, Hadith 3909
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 3878
This is a very concise hadith about leasing out land. Jabir attributes to the Prophet the statement that he forbade renting agricultural land. No price, crop fraction, payment method, time period, or exception is stated in this short wording. A careful explanation should therefore repeat the core message without building a detailed legal case from information that is not present. The narration belongs to a group of reports discussing land use and agricultural rental, but this text itself contains only the prohibition. Readers searching for a hadith on land leasing should note both what it says and what it leaves unstated. The strength of this report’s wording is its brevity: it gives the prohibition without an extended description.
What we learn from this hadith
- The narration attributes a prohibition of leasing land to the Prophet.
- The report is concise and gives no payment or contract details.
- Its core subject is agricultural land rental.
- Details not stated in the narration should not be added to its explanation.
