What is the ruling on taking a mine from a group to develop it, work it, and give them a specified sum (e.g., two thousand or one thousand units of copper)?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Reviving Dead Land

Book 26 · Issue 5 · Bab 1

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Primary text

If a person takes a mine from a group under the condition that they develop and work it, giving them a specified amount of silver or copper, this practice is disliked (*makruh*), and no concession is granted for it.