Sahih Bukhari · Hadith 2634

حدثنا محمد بن بشار، حدثنا عبد الوهاب، حدثنا أيوب، عن عمرو، عن طاوس، قال حدثني أعلمهم، بذاك يعني ابن عباس رضى الله عنهما أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم خرج إلى أرض تهتز زرعا فقال ‏"‏ لمن هذه ‏"‏‏.‏ فقالوا اكتراها فلان‏.‏ فقال ‏"‏ أما إنه لو منحها إياه كان خيرا له من أن يأخذ عليها أجرا معلوما ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated Tawus: That he was told by the most learned one amongst them (i.e. Ibn `Abbas) that the Prophet went towards some land which was flourishing with vegetation and asked to whom it belonged. He was told that such and such a person took it on rent. The Prophet said, "It would have been better (for the owner) if he had given it to him gratis rather than charging him a fixed rent.

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).