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 3- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُ٠َّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ لا تُقَبِّلِ الأرْضَ بِحِنْطَةٍ ٠َّاةٍ وَلَكِنْ بِالنِّصْفِ وَالثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ وَالْخُ٠ُسِ لا بَأْسَ بِهِ وَقَالَ لا بَأْسَ بِالْ٠ُزَارَعَةِ بِالثُّلُثِ وَالرُّبُعِ وَالْخُ٠3.

Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad from al-Halabiy who has said the following: “Abu ‘Abd Allah, Alayhi al-Salam, has said, ‘Land cannot be accepted for specified wheat, however, it is accepted for one-half, one-third, one-fourth or one-fifth.’ He (the Imam) said, ‘Sharecropping for one-third, one for-fourth or one-fifth is not unlawful.’” حسن - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/345))