Chapter on Sharecropping and Leasing
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 3|Book 2|Chapter 14
وَ رَوَى اَلْعَلاَءُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَحَدِهِمَا عَلَيْهِمَا اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ اِسْتَأْجَرَ أَرْضاً بِأَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ ثُمَّ آجَرَ بَعْضَهَا بِمِائَتَيْ دِرْهَمٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ صَاحِبُ اَلْأَرْضِ اَلَّذِي آجَرَهُ أَنَا أَدْخُلُ مَعَكَ فِيهَا بِمَا اِسْتَأْجَرْتَ فَنُنْفِقُ جَمِيعاً فَمَا كَانَ فِيهَا مِنْ فَضْلٍ كَانَ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَكَ قَالَ "لاَ بَأْسَ بِذَلِكَ".
Al-Ala' narrated from Muhammad bin Muslim, from one of the Imams عليه السلام, who said: I asked Imam عليه السلام about a man who rented land for one thousand dirhams, then subleased part of it for two hundred dirhams. Later, the owner of the land who had leased it to him said: "I will join you in it under the same terms you rented it, and we will spend on it together, and whatever profit it yields will be shared between you and me." Imam عليه السلام said: "There is no harm in that."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh, p. 236