on their part.

Musāqāt—and likewise muzāraʿa (crop-sharing)—are among the most lawful and commendable forms of livelihood for anyone who seeks the bounty of Allah the Exalted, so long as the work does not distract him from the duties he owes to his Lord and to his family. The Sunnah is filled with reports praising such endeavors, including the narration recorded by al-Bukhārī (6012) and Muslim (1553) from Anas, in which the Prophet ﷺ said: “Whenever a Muslim plants a tree or sows a crop, and a human being, a bird, or an animal eats from it, that counts for him as charity.”