Is it permissible to hire someone for irrigation, and how is musaqah carried out?
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The questioner : Is it permissible to hire someone for irrigation? And how is musaqah carried out?
The Shaykh : If he wants to know, is it permissible for us to hire a person to irrigate the palm tree or the crop?
This is permissible. Likewise, musaqah: I give my palm trees to a person who tends to them in exchange for a share of their fruit, and there is no harm in that. Or he tends to them for a fixed monthly wage, and there is no harm in that. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made a contract with the people of Khaybar for half of what came out of it in fruit or crops. Yes.
The Shaykh : If he wants to know, is it permissible for us to hire a person to irrigate the palm tree or the crop?
This is permissible. Likewise, musaqah: I give my palm trees to a person who tends to them in exchange for a share of their fruit, and there is no harm in that. Or he tends to them for a fixed monthly wage, and there is no harm in that. This is because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) made a contract with the people of Khaybar for half of what came out of it in fruit or crops. Yes.