Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Chapter 126(a) - Matters Permissible or Otherwise in Renting Land ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ وَسَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِي٠َاعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ لا تُؤَاجِرُوا الأرْضَ بِالْحِنْطَةِ وَلا بِالشَّعِيرِ وَلا بِالتَّ٠ْرِ وَلا بِالأرْبِعَاءِ وَلا بِالنِّطَافِ وَلَكِنْ بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْفِضَّةِ لأنَّ الذَّهَبَ وَالْفِضَّةَ ٠ُونٌ وَهَذَا لَيْسَ بِ٠1.

A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from and Sahl ibn Ziyad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Nasr from ‘Abd al-Karim from Sama‘ah from abu Basir who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘You must not rent land in exchange for wheat, barley, dates, canals or small amount of water, but you can do so in exchange for gold or silver; gold and silver are guaranteed and those are not guaranteed.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/339))