Muwatta Malik #1472
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، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ، تَكَارَى أَرْضًا فَلَمْ تَزَلْ فِي يَدَيْهِ بِكِرَاءٍ حَتَّى مَاتَ قَالَ ابْنُهُ فَمَا كُنْتُ أُرَاهَا إِلاَّ لَنَا مِنْ طُولِ مَا مَكَثَتْ فِي يَدَيْهِ حَتَّى ذَكَرَهَا لَنَا عِنْدَ مَوْتِهِ فَأَمَرَنَا بِقَضَاءِ شَىْءٍ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ كِرَائِهَا ذَهَبٍ أَوْ وَرِقٍ .
Malik related to me that he had heard that Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf
rented land, and he continued to have it in his possession until he
died. His son said, "I thought that it was ours because of the length
of time which it had remained in his hands, until he mentioned it to
us at his death. He ordered us to pay some rent which he owed in gold
or silver."
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This hadith is #1472 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Renting Land.