Is it permissible to rent animals for threshing grain?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Leasing

Book 25 · Issue 6 · Bab 1

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Renting oxen or other animals for threshing grain is permissible because this is a sought-after, lawful benefit, analogous to plowing. The contract can be stipulated by a period of time, a specific yield, or a described yield, as specified for plowing.