Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ حَنْظَلَةَ الزُّرَقِيِّ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ أَنَّ النَّاسَ كَانُوا يُكْرُونَ الْمَزَارِعَ فِي زَمَانِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالْمَاذِيَانَاتِ وَمَا سَقَى الرَّبِيعُ وَشَيْئًا مِنْ التِّبْنِ فَكَرِهَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كِرَاءَ الْمَزَارِعِ بِهَذَا وَنَهَى عَنْهَا و قَالَ رَافِعٌ لَا بَأْسَ بِكِرَائِهَا بِالدَّرَاهِمِ وَالدَّنَانِيرِ.
English Translation
Qutaybah ibn Sa'id told us, saying: Abd al-Aziz ibn Muhammad told us, from Rabi'ah ibn Abi Abd al-Rahman, from Hanzalah al-Zuraqi, from Rafi' ibn Khadij, that the people used to lease farmland in the time of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, in return for [produce along] the water-channels, whatever the streams irrigated, and some straw; so the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, disapproved of leasing farmland on these terms and forbade it. And Rafi' said: "There is no harm in leasing it for dirhams and dinars."