Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Chapter 126(b) - Renting (Qabala) Land for Farming in Exchange for a Certain Percentage of Produce ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدٍ وَسَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠ُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَ٠َّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّبَّاحِ قَالَ سَ٠ِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) يَقُولُ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) لَ٠َّا افْتَتَحَ خَيْبَرَ تَرَكَهَا فِي أَيْدِيهِ٠ْ عَلَى النِّصْفِ فَلَ٠َّا بَلَغَتِ الثَّ٠َرَةُ بَعَثَ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ رَوَاحَةَ إِلَيْهِ٠ْ فَخَرَصَ عَلَيْهِ٠ْ فَجَاءُوا إِلَى النَّبِيِّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَقَالُوا لَهُ إِنَّهُ قَدْ زَادَ عَلَيْنَا فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ فَقَالَ ٠َا يَقُولُ هَؤُلاءِ قَالَ قَدْ خَرَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ٠ْ بِشَيْ‏ءٍ فَإِنْ شَاءُوا يَأْخُذُونَ بِ٠َا خَرَصْنَا وَإِنْ شَاءُوا أَخَذْنَا فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ ٠ِنَ الْيَهُودِ بِهَذَا قَا٠َاوَاتُ وَالأرْضُ.

When fruits ripened he (the Messenger of Allah) delegated ‘Abd Allah ibn Rawahah who estimated the value and they came to the Holy Prophet, and said, ‘He has charged us more.’ He (the Messenger of Allah) sent someone to ask ‘Abd Allah if there was reason for which they complained.

He replied, ‘I estimated and they can take or we take it.’ A Jewish man then said, ‘This is (justice) the fact upon which the skies and earth are maintained.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/345))