Hadith on Employment
7 sayings
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Give the worker his wage before his sweat dries up, and inform him of his wage while he is still working.
Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 9126; Mizan ul Hikmah page No. 260 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
Amir al-Mu'minin Im?m 'Al? ibn Ab? T?lib (a.s.) said about the verse: "It is We who have dispensed among them their livelihood", 'Allah, the Exalted, told us that employment is one of the means of people's livelihood. He, in His wisdom, diversified their energies, will, and conditions. Thus, He made man's employment of one another one of the means of people's livelihood If every one of us was forced to build for himself, make his own furniture, and produce everything himself the world's conditions would not be bearable and people would not be able to endure them, and would find them impossible. But He ensured its management by diversifying their energies so that everyone performs for others that which is compatible with his own capacity, in order for some of them to be served by others and for their conditions to be sound.'
Wasael al-Shi`aah, v. 13, p. 244, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 259 · permalink
Ammar al-Sabati narrated, 'I asked Ab Abdill h (AS) about a man who trades but he can make the same money by working for someone else. He said, 'He should not work for someone else. Rather, he must seek Allah's bounty by trading, for by working for someone else, he restricts Allah's bounty for him.'
al-Kafi, v. 5, p. 90, no. 3; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 259 · permalink
Muhammad b. Muslim narrated from one of the Imams (AS), that he was asked about a man who accepts a job and before doing any work, he passes it on to another and profits from it himself; to which he replied, 'No, [it is not allowed] unless he does some work on it.'
al-Kafi, v. 5, p. 273, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 260 · permalink
A man who wrongs a worker in his wage, will have Allah annul his worship and prevent him from smelling the breeze of Paradise, which can be smelled from a distance of five hundred years.
Amali al-Saduq, p. 347, no. 1; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 260 · permalink
Wronging the worker in his wage is a grave sin.
Bihar al-Anwar, v. 103, p. 170, no. 27; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 260 · permalink
Imam Amir-ul-Mu'mineen Ali [a] said
The Prophet (SAWA) forbade using the services of a worker before he is informed of his wages.
al-Faqih, v. 4, p. 10, no. 4968; Mizan ul Hikmah, page No. 261 · permalink