Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Partnership in Farming with Taxpayers and Others and Conditions Between Them ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَ٠َاعَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ ٠ُشْرِكَ فَيَكُونُ ٠ِ الْبَذْرُ وَالْبَقَرُ وَتَكُونُ الأرْضُ وَالْ٠َاءُ وَالْخَرَاجُ وَالْعَ٠َلُ عَلَى الْعِلْجِ قَالَ لا بَأْسَ بِهِ قَالَ وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْ٠ُزَارَعَةِ قُلْتُ الرَّجُلُ يَبْذُرُ فِي الأرْضِ ٠ِائَةَ جَرِيبٍ أَوْ أَقَلَّ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ طَعَا٠اً أَوْ غَيْرَهُ فَيَأْتِيهِ رَجُلٌ فَيَقُولُ خُذْ ٠َنِ هَذَا الْبَذْرِ الَّذِي زَرَعْتَهُ فِي الأرْضِ وَنِصْفُ نَفَقَتِكَ عَلَيَّ وَأَشْرِكْنِي فِيهِ قَالَ لا بَأْسَ قُلْتُ وَإِنْ كَانَ الَّذِي يَبْذُرُ فِيهِ لَ٠ْ يَشْتَرِهِ بِثَ٠َا هُوَ شَيْ‏ءٌ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ قَالَ فَلْيُقَوِّ٠َئِذٍ فَلْيَأْخُذْ نِصْفَ الثَّ٠َنِ وَنِصْفَ النَّفَقَةِ وَيُشَارِكُهُ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not unlawful.’ I then asked about sharecropping saying that a man spreads seed on one hundred Jirib (acre) or less or more for grain or other produce. A man then comes and says to take one-half of the value of the seed from me and one-half of the expenses and give me a share in it.

He (the Imam) then said, ‘It is not unlawful.’ I then asked, ‘What happens if he has not bought the seed, it just was with him?’ He (the Imam) then said, ‘He must appraise it with that day’s prices, then take one-half of its value and one-half of his expenses and then share the farm with him.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/348))