Ruling 2256 — Tree Tending Contract (Musāqāh) and Tree Planting Contract (Mughārasah)

If a person forms an agreement with someone to, for example, hand over some fruit trees – the fruits of which either belong to him or are at his disposal – for a specific period so that he may tend to and water them, and in return take an agreed portion of the fruits for himself, then such a transaction (muʿāmalah) is called a ‘tree tending contract’.