Chapter on Sharecropping and Leasing
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 14
وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ عَنِ اِبْنِ سَيَابَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ أَسْمَعُ قَوْماً يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ اَلزِّرَاعَةَ مَكْرُوهَةٌ فَقَالَ "اِزْرَعُوا وَ اِغْرِسُوا فَلاَ وَ اَللَّهِ مَا عَمِلَ اَلنَّاسُ عَمَلاً أَحَلَّ وَ أَطْيَبَ مِنْهُ وَ اَللَّهِ لَيَزْرَعُنَّ اَلزَّرْعَ وَ اَلنَّخْلَ بَعْدَ خُرُوجِ اَلدَّجَّالِ ".
Muhammad bin Khalid narrated from Ibn Sayyabah, from Abu Abdillah عليه السلام: A man asked Imam عليه السلام: "May I be your ransom! I hear some people saying that farming is disliked." Imam عليه السلام said: "Cultivate and plant! By Allah سبحانه وتعالى, people have not engaged in any work more lawful and pure than this. By Allah سبحانه وتعالى, they will continue to cultivate crops and date palms even after the emergence of the Dajjal."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 238