سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ اسْتَأْجَرَ مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ مِنْ أَرْضِ الْخَرَاجِ بِدَرَاهِمَ مُسَمَّاةٍ أَوْ بِطَعَامٍ مُسَمًّى ثُمَّ آجَرَهَا وَ شَرَطَ لِمَنْ يَزْرَعُهَا أَنْ يُقَاسِمَهُ النِّصْفَ أَوْ أَقَلَّ مِنْ ذَلِكَ أَوْ أَكْثَرَ وَ لَهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَضْلٌ أَ يَصْلُحُ لَهُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ إِذَا حَفَرَ نَهَراً أَوْ عَمِلَ لَهُمْ شَيْئاً يُعِينُهُمْ بِذَلِكَ فَلَهُ ذَلِكَ قَالَ وَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ اسْتَأْجَرَ أَرْضاً مِنْ أَرْضِ الْخَرَاجِ بِدَرَاهِمَ مُسَمَّاةٍ أَوْ بِطَعَامٍ مَعْلُومٍ فَيُؤَاجِرُهَا قِطْعَةً قِطْعَةً أَوْ جَرِيباً جَرِيباً بِشَيْءٍ مَعْلُومٍ فَيَكُونُ لَهُ فَضْلٌ فِيمَا اسْتَأْجَرَهُ مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ وَ لَا يُنْفِقُ شَيْئاً أَوْ يُؤَاجِرُ تِلْكَ الْأَرْضَ قِطَعاً عَلَى أَنْ يُعْطِيَهُمُ الْبَذْرَ وَ النَّفَقَةَ فَيَكُونُ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَضْلٌ عَلَى إِجَارَتِهِ وَ لَهُ تُرْبَةُ الْأَرْضِ أَوْ لَيْسَتْ لَهُ فَقَالَ إِذَا اسْتَأْجَرْتَ أَرْضاً فَأَنْفَقْتَ فِيهَا شَيْئاً أَوْ رَمَمْتَ فِيهَا فَلَا بَأْسَ بِمَا ذَكَرْتَ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Aban, from Ismail Bin Al Fazl Al Hashimy, from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about a man who leased from the Sultan (ruling authority) from the government land for a specified amount of Dirhams, or for a specified amount of foodstuff. Then he sub-leased it out and stipulated upon the one who cultivated it that he would distribute the half, or less than that or more, and for him in the land after that would be the excess. Is that correct for him?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Yes, when he digs out a river for them or does some work for them to assist them with that, so that would be for him’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about the man who leases a land from a land of the government for a specified amount of Dirhams, or with a known amount of foodstuff, so he sub-leases it out piece by piece, or a <span class="iTxt">Jareyba</span> (unit of measurement) by <span class="iTxt">Jareyba</span>, with a specified thing. So there happened to be some excess for him regarding what he had leased from the Sultan, and he had not spent anything upon it, or he leases out that land in pieces upon a stipulation that he would give them the seeds and the expenditure. So there happens to be some excess for him regarding that, upon his lessees, and would there be for him the fertility of the land or would it not be for him?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Whenever you lease a land, so you spend something therein, or do some repair work in it, so there is no problem with what you have mentioned’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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