Concerning Payment in Kind for Services Rendered
It is related from ʿAbduʾlláh bin ʿOmar that, 'The Apostle of God handed over to the Jews of Khaibár its date trees and its land, with the stipulation that they should cultivate them at their own expense; but that the Prophet should have half its fruits.'—Muslim.
It is related from Ráfiʿ bin Khadíj that he said, 'We, the majority of the people of Madína, were cultivators. And there was one of our number who used to hire out his land and say, "(The fruit of) this plot will be mine, and of that yours." And something happened, so that the one produced a crop, and the other did not. Then the Prophet prohibited them (acting thus).'—Muslim, Al Bukhárí.
It is related from Abú Umámah that he saw a ploughshare and other implements of cultivation and said, 'I heard the Prophet say, "This does not enter the home of any people, but it causes abasement to enter it."—Al Bukhárí.
It is related from Ráfiʿ bin Khadíj that, 'The Prophet said, "Whoever sows in the lands of a people without their permission, will have nothing of the crop except what he expended on it."'—At Tirmidhí, Abú Dáud.
It is related from Qais bin Muslim from Abú Jaʿfar that he said, 'There were none of the refugees in Madína who sowed the ground, except on the stipulation that they should receive one-third or one-fourth (of the produce). And ʿAlí and Saʿd bin Málik and ʿAbduʾlláh bin- Maʿsúd and ʿOmar bin ʿAbduʾl-Azíz and Al Qásim and ʿUrwah and the family of Abú Bakr and the family of ʿOmar and the family of ʿAlí and Ibn Sírín sowed in partnership. And ʿAbduʾr-Raḥmán binuʾl-Aswad said, "I was a partner with ʿAbduʾr-Raḥmán bin Yazíd in the crop." And ʿOmar arranged with the people that if he supplied the seed himself, he should have one half of the crop; and if they supplied the seed they should have the same.'—Al Bukhárí.
On the Lease of Revenues or Labour
It is related from Abú Hurairah from the Prophet that he said, 'God sent no prophet who did not graze goats.' Then his companions said, 'And thou?' He replied, 'Yes! I used to graze goats for the people of Mecca for a few karats.'—Al Bukhárí.
