Tree Tending Contract and Tree Planting Contract: A Tree Tending Transaction for Honeydew Melon and Cucumber Plants

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Ayatullah Sistani

Ruling 2263

Based on the more apparent (aẓhar)[¹] juristic opinion, a tree tending transaction for honeydew melon and cucumber plants and suchlike is valid.

-Ayatullah Sistani, Practical Laws of Islam, Tree Tending Contract (Musaqah) and Tree Planting Contract (Mugharasah)

1. For practical purposes in jurisprudential rulings, an opinion that is termed ‘more apparent’ equates to a fatwa.