Volume 3, Book 36, Number 471:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet said, “The example of Muslims, Jews and Christians is like the example of a man who
employed laborers to work for him from morning till night for specific wages. They worked till mid –
day 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. 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 ‘Asr prayer. Then they said, “Let what we have done be an –
nulled 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. Thereafter he employed another
batch to work for the rest of the day and they worked for the rest of the day till the sunset, and they
received the wages of the two former batches. So, that was the example of those people (Muslims)
and the example of this light (guidance) which they have accepted willingly.
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Volume 3, Book 36, Number 472:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, “Three men from among those who were before you, set out togeth –
er till they reached a cave at night and entered it. A big rock rolled down the mountain and closed
the mouth of the cave. They said (to each other), Nothing could save you Tom this rock but to invoke
Allah by giving referenda to the righteous deed which you have done (for Allah’s sake only).’ So, one
of them said, ‘O Allah! I had old parents and I never provided my family (wife, children etc.) with
milk before them. One day, by chance I was delayed, and I came late (at night) while they had slept. I
milked the sheep for them and took the milk to them, but I found them sleeping. I disliked to provide
my family with the milk before them. I waited for them and the bowl of milk was in my hand and I
kept on waiting for them to get up till the day dawned. Then they got up and drank the milk. O Al –
lah! If I did that for Your Sake only, please relieve us from our critical situation caused by this rock.’
So, the rock shifted a little but they could not get out.”
The Prophet added, “The second man said, ‘O Allah! I had a cousin who was the dearest of all
people to me and I wanted to have sexual relations with her but she refused. Later she had a hard
time in a famine year and she came to me and I gave her one-hundred-and-twenty Dinars on the
condition that she would not resist my desire, and she agreed. When I was about to fulfill my desire,
she said: It is illegal for you to outrage my chastity except by legitimate marriage. So, I thought it a
sin to have sexual intercourse with her and left her though she was the dearest of all the people to
me, and also I left the gold I had given her. O Allah! If I did that for Your Sake only, please relieve us
from the present calamity.’ So, the rock shifted a little more but still they could not get out from
there.”
The Prophet added, “Then the third man said, ‘O Allah! I employed few laborers and I paid them
their wages with the exception of one man who did not take his wages and went away. I invested his
wages and I got much property thereby. (Then after some time) he came and said to me: O Allah’s
slave! Pay me my wages. I said to him: All the camels, cows, sheep and slaves you see, are yours. He
said: O Allah’s slave! Don’t mock at me. I said: I am not mocking at you. So, he took all the herd and
drove them away and left nothing. O Allah! If I did that for Your Sake only, please relieve us from
the present suffering.’ So, that rock shifted completely and they got out walking.
Volume 3, Book 36, Number 473:
Narrated Abu May’ id Al-Ansari:
Whenever Allah’s Apostle ordered us to give in charity we would go to the market and work as
porters to earn a Mudd (two hand-fulls) (of foodstuff) but now some of us have one-hundred thou –
sand Dirhams or Diners. (The sub-narrator) Shaqiq said, “I think Abu Mas’ud meant himself by say –
ing (some of us) .
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Volume 3, Book 36, Number 466:
Narrated Ya’la bin Umaya:
I fought in Jaish-al-Usra (Ghazwa of Tabuk) along with the Prophet and in my opinion that was
the best of my deeds. Then I had an employee, who quarrel led with someone and one of the them bit
and cut the other’s finger and caused his own tooth to fall out. He then went to the Prophet (with a
complaint) but the Prophet cancelled the suit and said to the complainant, “Did you expect him to let
his finger in your mouth so that you might snap and cut it (as does a stallion camel)?”
Narrated Ibn Juraij from Abdullah bin Abu Mulaika from his grandfather a similar story: A man
bit the hand of another man and caused his own tooth to fall out, but Abu Bakr judged that he had
no right for compensation (for the broken tooth).
Volume 3, Book 36, Number 467:
Narrated Ubai bin Ka’b:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Both of them (Moses and Al-Khadir) proceeded on till they reached a wall
which was about to fall.” Sa’d said, “(Al-Khadir pointed) with his hands (towards the wall) and then
raised his hands and the wall became straightened up.” Ya’la said, “I think Said said, ‘He (Khadir)
passed his hand over it and it was straightened up.” (Moses said to him), “if you had wanted, you
could have taken wages for it.” Said said, “Wages with which to buy food . “
Volume 3, Book 36, Number 468:
Narrated Ibn ‘Umar:
The Prophet said, “Your example and the example of the people of the two Scriptures (i.e. Jews and
Christians) is like the example of a man who employed some laborers and asked them, ‘Who will
work for me from morning till midday for one Qirat?’ The Jews accepted and carried out the work.
He then asked, Who will work for me from midday up to the ‘Asr prayer for one Qirat?’ The Christi –
ans accepted and fulfilled the work. He then said, ‘Who will work for me from the ‘Asr till sunset for
two Qirats?’ You, Muslims have accepted the offer. The Jews and the Christians got angry and said,
‘Why should we work more and get lesser wages?’ (Allah) said, ‘Have I with-held part of your right?’
They replied in the negative. He said, ‘It is My Blessing, I bestow upon whomever I wish .’
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Volume 3, Book 36, Number 469:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Your example and the example of Jews and Christians is like the example of a
man who employed some laborers to whom he said, ‘Who will work for me up to midday for one
Qirat each?’ The Jews carried out the work for one Qirat each; and then the Christians carried out
the work up to the ‘Asr prayer for one Qirat each; and now you Muslims are working from the ‘Asr
prayer up to sunset for two Qirats each. The Jews and Christians got angry and said, ‘We work more
and are paid less.’ The employer (Allah) asked them, ‘Have I usurped some of your right?’ They
replied in the negative. He said, ‘That is My Blessing, I bestow upon whomever I wish.’ “
Volume 3, Book 36, Number 470:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “Allah said, ‘I will be an opponent to three types of people on the Day of Resur –
rection:
1. One who makes a covenant in My Name, but proves treacherous;
2. One who sells a free person and eats his price; and
3. One who employs a laborer and takes full work from him but does not pay him for his lab our.'”