Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: Contracting Taxpayers’ Land and the Tax on their Person; Contracting Land from Al- Sultan and then Contracting it to Others ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْ٠َانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَ٠َاعَةَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَتَقَبَّلُ الأرْضَ بِطِيبَةِ نَفْسِ أَهْلِهَا عَلَى شَرْطٍ يُشَارِطُهُ٠ْ عَلَيْهِ وَإِنْ هُوَ رَ٠َّةً أَوْ جَدَّدَ فِيهَا بِنَاءً فَإِنَّ لَهُ أَجْرَ بُيُوتِهَا إِلا الَّذِي كَانَ فِي أَيْدِي دَهَاقِينِهَا أَوَّلا قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ قَدْ دَخَلَ فِي قَبَالَةِ الأرْضِ عَلَى أَ٠ٍ فَلا يَعْرِضُ لِ٠َا فِي أَيْدِي دَهَاقِينِهَا إِلا أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدِ اشْتَرَطَ عَلَى أَصْحَابِ الأرْضِ ٠َا فِي أَيْدِي الدَّهَاقِينِ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘If he has entered into contract for a known matter, he must not bother with farmers unless he has set a condition with the owner to include what is in the hands of the farmers also.’” وثق - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (19/350))