وَهَذَا حُجَّةٌ لِمَنْ قَالَ إِنَّ السَّوَادَ فَيْءٌ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ، وَإِنَّمَا أَهْلُهَا فِيهَا عُمَّالٌ لَهُمْ بِكِرَاءٍ مَعْلُومٍ يُؤَدُّونَهُ، وَيَكُونُ بَاقِي مَا تَخْرُجُ الْأَرْضُ لَهُمْ، وَهَذَا لَا يَجُوزُ إِلَّا فِي الْأَرْضِ الْبَيْضَاءِ، وَلَا يَكُونُ فِي النَّخْلِ وَالشَّجَرِ، لِأَنَّ قَبَالَتَهُمَا لَا تَطِيبُ بِشَيْءٍ مُسَمًّى، فَيَكُونُ بَيْعُ الثَّمَرِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَبْدُوَ صَلَاحُهُ وَقَبْلَ أَنْ يُخْلَقَ، وَهَذَا الَّذِي كَرِهَتِ الْفُقَهَاءُ مِنَ الْقَبَالَةِ
This is proof for those who argue that the Sawad \sfay> (booty) for the Muslims and the residents there are their workers at known wages; they pay a certain amount and the rest is for them./I This is not permitted except in barren land. It is not allowed in date palms and trees, because qabalahi in them is not permitted on the basis of a stated quantity as this would amount to the sale of crops before they have begun to ripen or even before they have sprouted.* This is what the jurists have held to be reprehensible in the qabala transaction