Is it Permissible for Land to have a Financial Return? To Saleh Natseh (Translated) Question: As-Salaamu Alaikum, I have a question and it relates to the Hukm of when two people who have a co-partnership in the cultivation of land; the first owns the land whilst the second cultivates it. Is this permissible or is it Muzara’ah (sharecropping)? This is as I am confused about the matter and that is because there are from the Shabab the one who says that it is sharecropping whilst from them is the one who says that it is permissible in the case where the owner of the land can sell it within three years and this provides a period of time for it be cultivated. Barakallahu feekum. Answer: Wa Alaikum us Salaam Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatuhu, Al-Muzaara’ah (sharecropping) is the leasing of land for it to be cultivated and numerous evidences have come indicating the prohibition of sharecropping. These include: 1- Bukhari narrated in his Saheeh on the authority of Abu Hurai
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