Hadith 2271

Employment from 'Aṣr till night.

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Darussalam · Volume 3

37 - THE BOOK OF HIRING(Concerning Hiring)

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الحديث: 2271 ¦ الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 90

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2271. Narrated Abū Mūsā رضي الله عنه: The Prophet ﷺ said, "The example of Muslims, Jews and Christians is like the example of a man who employed labourers to work for him from morning till night for specific wages. They worked till midday and then said, 'We do not need your money which you have fixed for us and let whatever we have done be annulled.' The man said to them, 'Don't quit the work, but complete the rest of it and take your full wages.' But they refused and went away (like the Jews who refused to believe in the Message of Jesus عليه السلام). The man employed another batch after them and said to them, 'Complete the rest of the day and yours will be the wages I had fixed for the first batch.' So, they worked till the time of 'Aṣr. Then they said, Let what we have done be annulled and keep the wages you have promised us for yourself. The man said to them 'Complete the rest of the work, as only a little of the day remains.' But they refused (like the Christians who refused to believe in the Message of Muhammad ﷺ). Thereafter he employed another batch to work for the rest of the day and they worked for the rest of the day till sunset, and they received the wages of the two former batches (like the Muslims). So, that was the example of this light [Islāmic Monotheism, the Qur'ān, the Sunna (legal ways of the Prophet ﷺ) and the (guidance) which Prophet Muhammad ﷺ brought] which they (Muslims) have accepted willingly".(1)

Arabic text

2271 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ العَلاَءِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ، عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: " مَثَلُ المُسْلِمِينَ، وَاليَهُودِ، وَالنَّصَارَى، كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ اسْتَأْجَرَ قَوْمًا يَعْمَلُونَ لَهُ عَمَلًا يَوْمًا إِلَى اللَّيْلِ، عَلَى أَجْرٍ مَعْلُومٍ، فَعَمِلُوا لَهُ إِلَى نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ، فَقَالُوا: لاَ حَاجَةَ لَنَا إِلَى أَجْرِكَ الَّذِي شَرَطْتَ لَنَا وَمَا عَمِلْنَا بَاطِلٌ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: لاَ تَفْعَلُوا، أَكْمِلُوا بَقِيَّةَ عَمَلِكُمْ، وَخُذُوا أَجْرَكُمْ كَامِلًا، فَأَبَوْا، وَتَرَكُوا، وَاسْتَأْجَرَ أَجِيرَيْنِ بَعْدَهُمْ، فَقَالَ لَهُمَا: أَكْمِلاَ بَقِيَّةَ يَوْمِكُمَا هَذَا وَلَكُمَا الَّذِي شَرَطْتُ لَهُمْ مِنَ الأَجْرِ، فَعَمِلُوا حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ حِينُ صَلاَةِ العَصْرِ، قَالاَ: لَكَ مَا عَمِلْنَا بَاطِلٌ، وَلَكَ الأَجْرُ الَّذِي جَعَلْتَ لَنَا فِيهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمَا: أَكْمِلاَ بَقِيَّةَ عَمَلِكُمَا مَا بَقِيَ مِنَ النَّهَارِ شَيْءٌ يَسِيرٌ، فَأَبَيَا، وَاسْتَأْجَرَ قَوْمًا أَنْ يَعْمَلُوا لَهُ بَقِيَّةَ يَوْمِهِمْ، فَعَمِلُوا بَقِيَّةَ يَوْمِهِمْ حَتَّى غَابَتِ الشَّمْسُ، وَاسْتَكْمَلُوا أَجْرَ الفَرِيقَيْنِ كِلَيْهِمَا، فَذَلِكَ مَثَلُهُمْ، وَمَثَلُ مَا قَبِلُوا مِنْ هَذَا النُّورِ "

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(1) (H. 2271) The Jews refused to believe in the Message of 'Iesa (Jesus), so all their work was annulled; similarly, the Christians refused to accept the Message of Muḥammad ﷺ and thus their work was annulled too. Such people were not rewarded, because they refused to have true Faith for the rest of their lives and died as disbelievers. They should have believed in the latest Message; for their insistence on keeping their old=