Chapter on Sharecropping and Leasing
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 14
وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ عَنِ اَلرَّجُلِ يَزْرَعُ لَهُ اَلْحَرَّاثُ اَلزَّعْفَرَانَ وَ يَضْمَنُ لَهُ عَلَى أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُ فِي جَرِيبِ أَرْضٍ يَمْسَحُ عَلَيْهِ كَذَا وَ كَذَا دِرْهَماً فَرُبَّمَا نَقَصَ وَ غَرِمَ وَ رُبَّمَا زَادَ قَالَ "لاَ بَأْسَ بِهِ إِذَا تَرَاضَيَا".
Muhammad bin Sahl narrated from his father, who said: I asked Abu Al-Hasan عليه السلام about a man whose farmer plants saffron for him and guarantees to pay him a specified amount of dirhams for each measured jarib of land. Sometimes the yield is less, causing a loss, and sometimes it is more, yielding a profit. Imam عليه السلام said: "There is no harm in it if they mutually agree."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 238