Partnership in Farming with Taxpayers and Others and Conditions Between Them

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَكُونُ لَهُ الْأَرْضُ مِنْ أَرْضِ الْخَرَاجِ فَيَدْفَعُهَا إِلَى الرَّجُلِ عَلَى أَنْ يَعْمُرَهَا وَ يُصْلِحَهَا وَ يُؤَدِّيَ خَرَاجَهَا وَ مَا كَانَ مِنْ فَضْلٍ فَهُوَ بَيْنَهُمَا قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُعْطِي الرَّجُلَ أَرْضَهُ وَ فِيهَا رُمَّانٌ أَوْ نَخْلٌ أَوْ فَاكِهَةٌ فَيَقُولُ اسْقِ هَذَا مِنَ الْمَاءِ وَ اعْمُرْهُ وَ لَكَ نِصْفُ مَا أُخْرِجَ قَالَ لَا

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who had a land of al-Kharaj (of government) which he had given to a man to develop, pay its taxes and the extra of its produce were to be shared by the two of them. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not unlawful.’ I asked abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s

قَالَ: الْقَبَالَةُ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ الْأَرْضَ الْخَرِبَةَ فَتَقَبَّلَهَا مِنْ أَهْلِهَا عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً أَوْ أَقَلَّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ فَتَعْمُرَهَا وَ تُؤَدِّيَ مَا خَرَجَ عَلَيْهَا فَلَا بَأْسَ بِهِ.

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘In a land contract you can have it for twenty years or less from its people to develop it and pay its expenses; such contract is not unlawful.’”

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ مُزَارَعَةِ الْمُسْلِمِ الْمُشْرِكَ فَيَكُونُ مِنْ عِنْدِ الْمُسْلِمِ الْبَذْرُ وَ الْبَقَرُ وَ تَكُونُ الْأَرْضُ وَ الْمَاءُ وَ الْخَرَاجُ وَ الْعَمَلُ عَلَى الْعِلْجِ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمُزَارَعَةِ قُلْتُ الرَّجُلُ يَبْذُرُ فِي الْأَرْضِ مِائَةَ جَرِيبٍ أَوْ أَقَلَّ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ طَعَاماً أَوْ غَيْرَهُ فَيَأْتِيهِ رَجُلٌ فَيَقُولُ خُذْ مِنِّي نِصْفَ ثَمَنِ هَذَا الْبَذ

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about sharecropping of a Muslim and a pagan in which the Muslim provides seed and bull, the land, water, taxes and work is by the al-‘ilj. He (the Imam) said, ‘It is not unlawful.’ I then asked about sharecropping saying that a man spreads seed on one hundre