(1/28), through Ibrahim ibn Tahman, from al-Hajjaj ibn al-Hajjaj, from Anas ibn Sirin, from Anas ibn Malik, who said: … and he cited it as attributed to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

I say: This is an authentic chain of transmission meeting the criteria of al-Bukhari and Muslim.

Al-Bayhaqi then narrated, through Yunus ibn Ubayd, from Anas ibn Sirin, who said:

“I was with Anas ibn Malik among a group of Magians when a faludhaj pudding was brought on a silver vessel. He did not eat from it, so he was asked, ‘Transfer it.’ He then transferred it onto a vessel made from khalaj wood—a well-known tree—and it was brought to him, so he ate it.”

Its narrators are trustworthy, except for Ahmad ibn Amr al-Qatwani, whom I did not then recognize.

I later found him in al-Siyar (13/506), where he is described as “the long-lived hadith scholar, trustworthy”; his nisbah is al-Qatrani.

This hadith also has a supporting narration from Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman—may Allah be pleased with him—recorded by al-Bukhari, Muslim, and others with similar wording. It is cited in al-Irwa (32). *

3569—(He forbade sharecropping.)

Ibn Abi Shaybah recorded it in al-Musannaf (6/346/1296), and through him Abu Dawud (3407); al-Bayhaqi narrated it from Abu Dawud (6/133). Ahmad also recorded it (5/187 and 188), through Jafar ibn Burqan, from Thabit ibn al-Hajjaj, from Zayd ibn Thabit, who said: … and he cited it as attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

I asked, “What is sharecropping?” He replied, “That one takes land in return for a half, a third, or a quarter [of its yield].”

I say: Its chain of transmission is authentic; all its narrators are trustworthy.