What is the ruling on renting land where cultivation is possible but is customarily expected to flood?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Leasing

Book 25 · Issue 3 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

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It is not permissible to rent land if cultivation is possible but there is a customary expectation that it will flood. Such land is considered equivalent to land that is currently submerged due to the established, continuous custom of flooding.