Hadith About Labor

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According to Jabir b. ʿAbd Allah (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “There are three (characteristics) for which whoever has them, Allah will protect him and admit him to Paradise: Being kind to the weak, being respectful to parents, and doing good to slaves.” (al-Tirmidhi, Sifat al-qiyama, 48)

As al-Maʿrur (ra) related, “I met Abu Dharr at al-Rabadha. He and his slave were wearing the same attire. I asked him the reason for this. He said, ‘I exchanged abusive language with a man. I abused him by calling his mother bad names. Then the Prophet (saw) said to me, “O Abu Dharr! Did you abuse him by calling his mother bad names? You are a man (in which there are traces of) the period of the Jahiliyya. Your slaves are your brothers and Allah has put them under your command. Whoever has a brother under his command should feed him what he eats and dress him with what he wears. Do not ask them (the slaves) to do things beyond their power, and if you do, then help them.””  (al-Bukhari, al-Iman, 22)

According to Abu Hurayra (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “Whenever the servant of one of you prepares and brings food, have him sit with you, for he has toiled in the heat and smoke of (preparing) the food.  And have him eat. But if there is little food, you should put one or two morsels of it into his hand.” (Muslim, al-Ayman, 42)

According to ʿAbd Allah b. ʿUmar (ra), the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “Give the worker his wages before his sweat dries!” (Ibn Maja, al-Ruhun, 4)

According to Abu Hurayra (ra), the Prophet (saw) said, “Allah on High said, ‘On the Day of Judgement, I will be the opponent of three kinds of people: One who makes a covenant in my name and then is perfidious, one who sells a free person (as a slave) and consumes the money from the sale, and one who employs a laborer and, although he has completed his work, does not pay him for it.’”  (al-Bukhari, al-Ijara, 10)

Source: Presidency Of Religious Affairs The Turkey, Islam Through Hadiths