Muwatta Malik #1466
Sharecropping
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُسَيَّبِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لِيَهُودِ خَيْبَرَ يَوْمَ افْتَتَحَ خَيْبَرَ
" أُقِرُّكُمْ فِيهَا مَا أَقَرَّكُمُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى أَنَّ الثَّمَرَ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ " . قَالَ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَبْعَثُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ رَوَاحَةَ فَيَخْرُصُ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ إِنْ شِئْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ وَإِنْ شِئْتُمْ فَلِيَ . فَكَانُوا يَأْخُذُونَهُ .
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Said ibn al-
Musayyab that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said to the jews of Khaybar on the day of the conquest of
Khaybar, "I confirm you in it as long as Allah, the Mighty, the
Majestic, establishes you in it, provided that the fruits are divided
between us and you." Said continued, "The Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to send Abdullah ibn Rawaha,
to assess the division of the fruit crop between him and them, and he
would say, 'If you wish, you can buy it back, and if you wish, it is
mine.' They would take it."
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This hadith is #1466 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Sharecropping.