What is the ruling of Islamic law on a partnership contract between two individuals, where one provides financial support for digging and equipping a well on the land of the other, and the amount remains a debt owed by the landowner who was unable to repay it due to low productivity, and the first party provides all agricultural expenses such as seeds, fertilizer, plowing, and fuel, then deducts these expenses from the total output and distributes the profits equally between them, knowing that the first party hires a farmer to perform irrigation tasks for a specific percentage deducted from the output as production costs?
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This farming contract is void for multiple reasons, including that the worker did not cultivate the land himself but rather contracted with others to do so. It also involves renting the land for a portion of its produce and includes a condition that expenses be deducted from the yield before sharing the remainder, which may lead to one party monopolizing the land's benefit. As a result of this voidance, the entire crop belongs to the landowner, who must pay the farmer a fair wage and bear the cost of the expenses incurred by the investor.
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