Sahih Muslim Book - 21, Hadith - 3949

حَدَّثَنِى إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُسْهِرٍ حَدَّثَنِى يَحْيَى بْنُ حَمْزَةَ حَدَّثَنِى أَبُو عَمْرٍو الأَوْزَاعِىُّ عَنْ أَبِى النَّجَاشِىِّ مَوْلَى رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ عَنْ رَافِعٍ أَنَّ ظُهَيْرَ بْنَ رَافِعٍ - وَهُوَ عَمُّهُ - قَالَ أَتَانِى ظُهَيْرٌ فَقَالَ لَقَدْ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- عَنْ أَمْرٍ كَانَ بِنَا رَافِقًا. فَقُلْتُ وَمَا ذَاكَ مَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَهُوَ حَقٌّ. قَالَ سَأَلَنِى كَيْفَ تَصْنَعُونَ بِمَحَاقِلِكُمْ فَقُلْتُ نُؤَاجِرُهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلَى الرَّبِيعِ أَوِ الأَوْسُقِ مِنَ التَّمْرِ أَوِ الشَّعِيرِ. قَالَ « فَلاَ تَفْعَلُوا ازْرَعُوهَا أَوْ أَزْرِعُوهَا أَوْ أَمْسِكُوهَا ».

It was narrated from Abu An-Najashi, the freed slave of Rafi' bin Khadij, from Rafi', that Zuhair bin Rafi' -who was his paternal uncle - (He) said: "Zuhair came to me and said: 'The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) forbade something that was beneficial for us.' I said: 'What is that? Whatever the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) says is right.' He said: 'He asked me: "What do you do with your fields?" I said: "We rent them, O Messenger of Allah, in return for (what grows on the edge) of the spring, or for several Wasq of dates or barley." He said: "Do not do that. Cultivate them, or let them be cultivated by others, or keep them."