Temporary share-cropping contract
Narrated Abu Ja‘far: All the emigrants in Al-Madina used to cultivate the land (for the Ansar) on the condition of having one-third or one-fourth of the yield. ‘Ali, Sa‘d bin Malik, ‘Abdullah bin Mas‘ud, ‘Umar bin ‘Abdul ‘Aziz, Al-Qasim, ‘Urwa and the families of Abu Bakr, of ‘Umar and of ‘Ali, and Ibn Sirin cultivated the land of ‘Abdur-Rahman bin Yazid on the basis of taking a portion of the yield. ‘Umar made a deal with the people that if he provided the seeds, he would get half of the yield, and if they provided the seeds, they would get so-and-so much. Al-Hasan said, “There is no harm if the land belongs to one, but both spend on it and the yield is divided between them.” Az-Zuhri had the same opinion. Al-Hasan said, “There is no harm if cotton is picked on the condition of having half the yield.” Ibrahim, Ibn Sirin, ‘Ata, Al-Hakam, Az-Zuhri and Qatada said, “There is no harm in giving the yarn to the weaver to weave into cloth on the basis that one-third of the cloth is given to the weaver for his labour.” Ma‘mar said, “There is no harm in hiring animals for a definite (fixed) period on the basis that one-third or one-fourth of the products carried by the animals is given to the owner of the animals.”