Nafi reported that Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) rented his land during the lifetime of Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) and during the caliphate of Abu Bakr and that of Umar and that of Uthman (Allah be pleased with them) and during the early period of Muawiya’s caliphate until at the end of Muawiya’s reign, it reached him (Ibn ‘Umar) that Rafi b. Khadij (Allah be pleased with him) narratted (a hadith) in which (there was a decree) of prohibition by Allah’s Apostle (may peace be upon him). He (Ibn ‘Umar) went to him (Rafi b. Khadij) and I was with him and he asked him, whereupon he said: Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) used to forbid the renting of land. So Ibn Umar (Allah be pleased with them) abandoned it, and subsequently whenever he was asked about it, he said: Rafi b. Khadij (Allah be pleased with him) alleged that Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) forbade it.
Hadith In Arabic Text :
وحدثنا يحيى بن يحيى، أخبرنا يزيد بن زريع، عن أيوب، عن نافع، أن ابن عمر، كان يكري مزارعه على عهد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وفي إمارة أبي بكر وعمر وعثمان وصدرا من خلافة معاوية حتى بلغه في آخر خلافة معاوية أن رافع بن خديج يحدث فيها بنهى عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فدخل عليه وأنا معه فسأله فقال كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ينهى عن كراء المزارع . فتركها ابن عمر بعد . وكان إذا سئل عنها بعد قال زعم رافع بن خديج أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم نهى عنها .
Chapter : The Book of Transactions – كتاب البيوع