Muwatta Malik is one of the earliest and most respected collections of hadith and Islamic jurisprudence, compiled by Imam Malik ibn Anas. It combines the sayings and actions of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) with the practices of the people of Madinah, serving as a foundational text for Maliki fiqh and Islamic legal tradition.

Book 33, Sharecropping, covers the rulings related to agricultural partnerships and land leasing.

Muwatta Malik: Book 33, Hadith 1

Muwatta Malik: Book 33, Hadith 1 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 […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 33, Hadith 2

Muwatta Malik: Book 33, Hadith 2 Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Sulayman ibn Yasar that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, used to send Abdullah ibn Rawaha to Khaybar, to assess the division of the fruit crop between him and the jews of Khaybar. The jews […]

Muwatta Malik: Book 33, Hadith 3

Muwatta Malik: Book 33, Hadith 3 Yahya said that Malik said, “The best of what has been heard about a sharecropper stipulating on the owner of the property the inclusion of some slave workers, is that there is no harm in that if they are workers that come with the property. They are like the […]