"I asked Rafi' bin Khadij about leasing uncultivated land in return for gold and silver. He said: '(It is) permissible and there is nothing wrong with that. That is the due of the land.'"
Reference: Sunan an-Nasa'i 3901 In-book : Book 35b, Hadith 45 English translation : Vol. 4, Book 35, Hadith 3932
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