سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ رَجُلٍ اسْتَأْجَرَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ أَرْضاً فَقَالَ أُجْرَتُهَا كَذَا وَ كَذَا عَلَى أَنْ أَزْرَعَهَا فَإِنْ لَمْ أَزْرَعْهَا أَعْطَيْتُكَ ذَلِكَ فَلَمْ يَزْرَعْهَا قَالَ لَهُ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ إِنْ شَاءَ تَرَكَهُ وَ إِنْ شَاءَ لَمْ يَتْرُكْهُ .
Translation
Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Al Hassan Bin Muhammad Bin Sama’at, from someone else, from Aban, from Ismail Bin Al Fazl who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about a man who rented a land from a man, so he said, ‘I rent it out for such and such upon a stipulation that I cultivate it. So if I do not cultivate it, I shall give you that. So he did not cultivate it’. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘For him would be that he takes (the rent) if he so desires to leave it (uncultivated), and even if he so desires not to leave it (uncultivated)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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