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It is permissible for one to employ someone to repair a wall which is about to collapse.

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Darussalam · Volume 3

37 - THE BOOK OF HIRING(Concerning Hiring)

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الحديث: 2267 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 89

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2267. Narrated Ubāi bin Ka'b رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ: Allāh's Messenger ﷺ said, "Both of them [Mūsā (Moses) and Al-Khiḏr] proceeded on till they reached a wall which was about to fall." Sa'īd said, "(Al-Khiḏr pointed) with his hands (towards the wall) and then raised his hands and the wall became straightened up." Ya'la said, "I think Sa'īd said, 'He (Khiḏr) passed his hand over it and it was straightened up.'" (Mūsā said to him), "If you had wanted you could have taken wages for it." Sa'īd said, "Wages with which to buy food."

Arabic text

2267 - حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى، أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَنَّ ابْنَ جُرَيْجٍ أَخْبَرَهُمْ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي يَعْلَى بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، وَعَمْرُو بْنُ دِينَارٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ - يَزِيدُ أَحَدُهُمَا عَلَى صَاحِبِهِ، وَغَيْرُهُمَا قَالَ: قَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ يُحَدِّثُهُ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ - قَالَ: قَالَ لِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا: حَدَّثَنِي أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " فَانْطَلَقَا، فَوَجَدَا جِدَارًا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْقَضَّ - قَالَ سَعِيدٌ: بِيَدِهِ هَكَذَا، وَرَفَعَ يَدَيْهِ -، فَاسْتَقَامَ "، قَالَ يَعْلَى: حَسِبْتُ أَنْ سَعِيدًا، قَالَ: " فَمَسَحَهُ بِيَدِهِ، فَاسْتَقَامَ، {لَوْ شِئْتَ لاَتَّخَذْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا} [الكهف: 77] " قَالَ سَعِيدٌ: «أَجْرًا نَأْكُلُهُ»

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