Muwatta Malik #1471
Renting Land
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ سَالِمَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ كِرَاءِ الْمَزَارِعِ، فَقَالَ لاَ بَأْسَ بِهَا بِالذَّهَبِ وَالْوَرِقِ . قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَرَأَيْتَ الْحَدِيثَ الَّذِي يُذْكَرُ عَنْ رَافِعِ بْنِ خَدِيجٍ فَقَالَ أَكْثَرَ رَافِعٌ وَلَوْ كَانَ لِي مَزْرَعَةٌ أَكْرَيْتُهَا .
Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab that he asked Salim ibn
'Abdullah ibn Umar about renting out fields. He said, "There is no
harm in it for gold or silver." Ibn Shihab said, "I said to him, 'What
do you think of the hadith which is mentioned from Rafi ibn Khadij?'"
He said, ''Rafi has exaggerated. If I had a field, I would rent it
out."
About Muwatta Malik
This hadith is #1471 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Renting Land.