وَعَن عَمْرو
قَالَ: قلت لطاووس: لَوْ تُرِكَتِ الْمُخَابَرَةُ فَإِنَّهُمْ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَى عَنْهُ قَالَ: أَيْ عَمْرٌو إِنِّي أُعْطِيهِمْ وَأُعِينُهُمْ وَإِنَّ أَعْلَمَهُمْ أَخْبَرَنِي يَعْنِي ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ ينْه عَنهُ وَلَكِن قَالَ: «أَلا يَمْنَحْ أَحَدُكُمْ أَخَاهُ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ عَلَيْهِ خَرْجًا مَعْلُومًا»
Amr said that he expressed a wish to Taus that he would abandon the practice of employing people on land in return for part of the pro-duce, for people asserted that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) had forbidden it.
He replied to Amr that he was just giving them something and helping them, adding that the most learned of the people, meaning Ibn Abbas, had informed him that the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) did not forbid it, but said, “It is better for one of you to lend to his brother than to take a prescribed sum from him.”