and help them.” This addition also appears in one narration of Ibn Mājah.

363 — (It is reported in the two Sahih collections that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) entered into a sharecropping agreement with the people of Khaybar for half of whatever crops or fruit the land produced.) p. 269

Authentic. It is reported by Ibn ʿUmar, and I documented it in al-Irwāʾ (1471).

364 — (Al-Bukhārī narrated from Rāfiʿ ibn Khadīj, who said: “We had more cultivated land than anyone else—that is, in Medina. We used to lease land in return for the produce of a particular portion designated for the landowner. . . . Sometimes that portion would be blighted while the rest of the land remained unharmed, and sometimes the land would be blighted while that portion remained unharmed. We were therefore forbidden to do so. . . .”) p. 271

Authentic. The hadith further states: “As for gold and silver, they were not used at that time.” Another narration states: “I asked Rāfiʿ: ‘What about leasing it for dinars and dirhams?’ Rāfiʿ replied: ‘There is no harm in leasing it for dinars and dirhams.’” All of this is found in al-Bukhārī, and it will be documented in al-Irwāʾ (1473). A similar report narrated by Muslim and others appeared previously as no. (355).

365 — (Al-Bukhārī narrated from Rāfiʿ ibn Khadīj that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “What do you do with your fields? (Your farms?)” They replied: “We lease them for a quarter-share or for set measures of dates and barley.” He said: “Do not do so.”) p. 271

Authentic. Al-Bukhārī (2/72), Muslim (5/23–24), al-Nasāʾī (2/152), and Ibn Mājah (2459) narrated it.

366 — (Zayd ibn Thābit narrated: “Two men brought a dispute over a piece of land before the Prophet