The Case of One Who Farms on Other’s Land

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنْ رَجُلٍ أَتَى أَرْضَ رَجُلٍ فَزَرَعَهَا بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ‌ الزَّرْعُ جَاءَ صَاحِبُ الْأَرْضِ فَقَالَ زَرَعْتَ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِي فَزَرْعُكَ لِي وَ لَكَ عَلَيَّ مَا أَنْفَقْتَ أَ لَهُ ذَلِكَ أَمْ لَا فَقَالَ لِلزَّارِعِ زَرْعُهُ وَ لِصَاحِبِ الْأَرْضِ كِرَى أَرْضِهِ.

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who comes to the land of another man and cultivates it without the permission of the owner until it is time of harvests; and the owner comes and says, ‘You have cultivated my land without my permission so your plantation belongs to me

عَلَيْهِ الْكِرَاءُ وَ يُقَوِّمُ صَاحِبُ الدَّارِ الْغَرْسَ وَ الزَّرْعَ قِيمَةَ عَدْلٍ فَيُعْطِيهِ الْغَارِسَ وَ إِنْ كَانَ اسْتَأْمَرَ فَعَلَيْهِ الْكِرَاءُ وَ لَهُ الْغَرْسُ وَ الزَّرْعُ يَقْلَعُهُ وَ يَذْهَبُ بِهِ حَيْثُ شَاءَ.

2. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from ibn Faddal from Ali ibn ‘Uqbah from Musa ibn ‘Ukayl al-Numayriy from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “About the case of a man who rents a house in which there is a garden, in the garden he plants palm trees and other fruit bearing trees and fruits and

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَشْتَرِي النَّخْلَ لِيَقْطَعَهُ لِلْجُذُوعِ فَيَغِيبُ الرَّجُلُ وَ يَدَعُ النَّخْلَ كَهَيْئَتِهِ لَمْ يُقْطَعْ فَيَقْدَمُ الرَّجُلُ وَ قَدْ حَمَلَ النَّخْلُ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْحَمْلُ يَصْنَعُ بِهِ مَا شَاءَ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ صَاحِبُ النَّخْلِ كَانَ يَسْقِيهِ وَ يَقُومُ عَلَيْهِ.

“This is concerning my question before abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), about the case of a man who purchases the palm tree to cut for its branches, but he disappears and leaves the palm tree in its original condition without doing anything about it, he comes only when the tree has already pollinated. He (the Imam) said, ‘The po