A sharecropping deal with seed provided and half the grain stipulated

Question

Question: Zayd gave his field to ‘Umar on a crop-share basis and also gave the seed, and has now fixed half the grain of the entire produce. Is this form permissible or not? And if he does not give the seed himself, what is the ruling?

Answer

Both of these conditions of crop-sharing are permissible: [ar]الْأَرْضُ مِنْ أَحَدِهِمَا وَالْبَذْرُ وَالْبَقَرُ وَالْعَمَلُ مِنَ الْآخَرِ، وَشَرَطَا لِصَاحِبِ الْأَرْضِ شَيْئًا مَعْلُومًا مِنَ الْخَارِجِ جَازَ، إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ: الْأَرْضُ وَالْبَذْرُ مِنْ أَحَدِهِمَا وَالْعَمَلُ وَالْبَقَرُ مِنَ الْآخَرِ فَذَلِكَ جَائِزٌ[/ar] “The land is from one of them and the seed, the…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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