Majmu' al-Fatawa - Ibn Taimiya - (30/251)

He was also asked:

A farmer ploughed some land but did not sow it; someone else then sowed it. Is the first farmer entitled to wages and a share of the crop, or not?

He answered:

If the land is cultivated under a crop-sharing arrangement, with one share for the landowner and another for the farmer, the farmer’s share is divided between the ploughman and the sower in proportion to the work and money each contributed. Allah knows best.

He was also asked:

A man rented a plot of land and a specified water well from three people for an agreed rent, and a person cultivated the land. He then sold a half-share in the aforementioned person to one of the lessors, retaining ownership of the other half. He paid the other two lessors the rent corresponding to their respective shares, but paid the purchaser none of the rent due to him. On his deathbed, he declared before witnesses that all the rent due to the purchaser remained an outstanding debt upon him, with its legal status unchanged. He left nothing but

وَسُئِلَ: عَنْ فَلَّاحٍ حَرَثَ أَرْضًا وَلَمْ يَزْرَعْهَا ثُمَّ زَرَعَهَا غَيْرُهُ. فَهَلْ يَسْتَحِقُّ الْإِجَارَةَ وَالْمُقَاسَمَةَ؟ أَمْ لَا؟ . فَأَجَابَ: إذَا كَانَتْ الْأَرْضُ مُقَاسَمَةً: لِرَبِّ الْأَرْضِ سَهْمٌ وَلِلْفَلَّاحِ سَهْمٌ فَإِنَّهُ يُقْسَمُ نَصِيبُ الْفَلَّاحِ بَيْنَ الْحَارِثِ وَالزَّارِعِ عَلَى مِقْدَارِ مَا بَذَلَاهُ مِنْ نَفْعٍ وَمَالٍ: وَاَللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ. وَسُئِلَ: عَنْ رَجُلٍ اسْتَأْجَرَ مِنْ ثَلَاثَةِ نَفَرٍ قِطْعَةَ أَرْضٍ وَبِئْرَ مَاءٍ مُعَيَّنٍ بِأُجْرَةِ مَعْلُومَةٍ وَزَرَعَهَا إنْسَانٌ ثُمَّ إنَّهُ بَاعَ النِّصْفَ مِنْ الْإِنْسَانِ الْمَذْكُورِ لِأَحَدِ الْمُؤَجِّرِينَ وَبَقِيَ عَلَى مِلْكِهِ النِّصْفُ مِنْ الْإِنْسَانِ الْمَذْكُورِ وَدَفَعَ الْأُجْرَةَ لِلْآخَرِينَ الْمَذْكُورِينَ عَنْ حِصَّتِهِمَا خَاصَّةً وَلَمْ يَدْفَعْ لِلْمُشْتَرِي مِنْ الْأُجْرَةِ الْمَذْكُورَةِ. وَعِنْدَ وَفَاتِهِ أَشْهَدَ أَنَّ جَمِيعَ مَا يَخُصُّ الْمُشْتَرِيَ مِنْ الْأُجْرَةِ الْمَذْكُورَةِ بَاقٍ فِي ذِمَّتِهِ عَلَى حُكْمِهِ وَلَمْ يُخَلِّفْ سِوَى