Arabic:
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا خَالِدٌ هُوَ ابْنُ الْحَارِثِ، قَالَ: قَرَأْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي، عَنْرَافِعِ بْنِ أُسَيْدِ بْنِ ظُهَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ أُسَيْدِ بْنِ ظُهَيْرٍ، أَنَّهُ خَرَجَ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ إِلَى بَنِي حَارِثَةَ، فَقَالَ: يَا بَنِي حَارِثَةَ، لَقَدْ دَخَلَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ، قَالُوا: مَا هِيَ ؟ قَالَ: نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَنْ كِرَاءِ الْأَرْضِ . قُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِذًا نُكْرِيهَا بِشَيْءٍ مِنَ الْحَبِّ ؟ قَالَ: لَا ، قَالَ: وَكُنَّا نُكْرِيهَا بِالتِّبْنِ ؟ فَقَالَ: لَا ، قَالَ: وَكُنَّا نُكْرِيهَا بِمَا عَلَى الرَّبِيعِ السَّاقِي، قَالَ: لَا ازْرَعْهَا، أَوِ امْنَحْهَا أَخَاكَ . خَالَفَهُ مُجَاهِدٌ.
English:
It was narrated from Usaid bin Zuhair that he went out to his people, Banu Harithah, and said: O Banu Harithah, a calamity has befallen you. They said: What is it? He said: The Messenger of Allah has forbidden leasing land. We said: O Messenger of Allah, what if we lease it in return for some of the grain? He said, No. He said: We used to lease it in return for straw. He said: No. We used to lease it in return for what is planted on the banks of a stream that is used for irrigation. He said: No. Cultivate it (yourself) or give it to your brother.