Hiring by the day (muyawama)

Muyawama means dealing with a person by the day, or hiring him for a day. It is the fixing of a period of use to one day or several days. ¹

A fixed term (ajal) is the future period to which a matter is attached; it may be set in days, months or longer, and its object need not be use. A time limit (ta'qit) makes a matter effective now and ending at a fixed time. Monthly hiring (mushahara) fixes use by the month, as muyawama does by the day. ^{1 2}

The jurists agree that it is lawful when both parties accept it. ²

The legal day runs from the second dawn to sunset, unlike the daylight (nahar), which runs from sunrise to sunset. Custom may also fix it: the Majalla holds that a worker hired for a day works from sunrise to the afternoon or sunset, according to local practice. ^{2 3}