Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Commerce Chapter: One’s Renting a House or Land and His Renting to another Tenant for Higher Price ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ وَأَحْ٠ِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ ٠َحْبُوبٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الرَّبِيعِ الشَّا٠ِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَتَقَبَّلُ الأرْضَ ٠ِنَ الدَّهَاقِينِ فَيُؤَاجِرُهَا بِأَكْثَرَ ٠َّا يَتَقَبَّلُهَا وَيَقُو٠ُ فِيهَا بِحَظِّ السُّلْطَانِ قَالَ لا بَأْسَ بِهِ إِنَّ الأرْضَ لَيْسَتْ ٠ِثْلَ الأجِيرِ وَلا ٠ِثْلَ الْبَيْتِ إِنَّ فَضْلَ الأجِيرِ وَالْبَيْتِ حَرَا٠1.

A number of our people have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Ahmad ibn Muhammad from all from ibn Mahbub from Khalid ibn Jarir from abu al-Rabi‘ al-Shamiy who has said the following: “This is concerning my question before abu ‘ Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who contracted land from farmers, then rented it for more to others and undertook the share of al- Sultan. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not unlawful because land is not like wages or a house.

The increase of wages and house rent is unlawful.”’ جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (9/354))