Sahih Muslim Book - 21, Hadith - 3944

وَحَدَّثَنِى عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ اللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنِى أَبِى عَنْ جَدِّى حَدَّثَنِى عُقَيْلُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِى سَالِمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يُكْرِى أَرَضِيهِ حَتَّى بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ رَافِعَ بْنَ خَدِيجٍ الأَنْصَارِىَّ كَانَ يَنْهَى عَنْ كِرَاءِ الأَرْضِ فَلَقِيَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ خَدِيجٍ مَاذَا تُحَدِّثُ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فِى كِرَاءِ الأَرْضِ قَالَ رَافِعُ بْنُ خَدِيجٍ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ سَمِعْتُ عَمَّىَّ - وَكَانَا قَدْ شَهِدَا بَدْرًا - يُحَدِّثَانِ أَهْلَ الدَّارِ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- نَهَى عَنْ كِرَاءِ الأَرْضِ. قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ أَعْلَمُ فِى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- أَنَّ الأَرْضَ تُكْرَى ثُمَّ خَشِىَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ أَنْ يَكُونَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- أَحْدَثَ فِى ذَلِكَ شَيْئًا لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلِمَهُ فَتَرَكَ كِرَاءَ الأَرْضِ.

Salim bin 'Abdullah narrated that 'Abdullah bin 'Umar used to lease out his land, until he heard that Rafi' bin Khadij Al-Ansari forbade leasing out land. 'Abdullah met him and said: "O Ibn Khadij, what are you narrating from the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) about leasing out land?" Rafi' bin Khadij said to 'Abdullah: "I heard my two paternal uncles, who had been present at (the battle of) Badr, narrating to the family, that the Messenger of Allah ~ forbade leasing out land." 'Abdullah said: "At the time of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) I knew that land could be leased out." Then 'Abdullah was afraid that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) had said something new that he did not know of, so he stopped leasing out land.