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Hired worker (ajir)

أجير

A hired worker is one who works for a wage. The law orders that his wage be paid before his sweat dries. 1 When a worker is competent to contract, meets the conditions, can deliver the benefit and the work is lawful, he must perform the contract. 1 A private worker must surrender himself to his employer for the term and not work for others, except for the obligatory prayers; a shared worker must do and deliver the work and is paid on delivery. 1

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The Prophetic Era
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Summary

A hired worker is one who works for a wage. The law orders that his wage be paid before his sweat dries. 1 When a worker is competent to contract, meets the conditions, can deliver the benefit and the work is lawful, he must perform the contract. 1 A private worker must surrender himself to his employer for the term and not work for others, except for the obligatory prayers; a shared worker must do and deliver the work and is paid on delivery. 1

People and things also explored

Biting and the liability for injury it causes (add)· Justice and uprightness (adl)· Contagion (adwa)· Pardon (afw) in purity, worship, contracts and penalties· Covenant (ahd) and the duty to keep it; oath by the covenant of God· Term, deadline (ajal)· Stranger, outsider (ajnabi)· Reward or wage (ajr)

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.1714
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Biting and the liability for injury it causes (add)

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