Sahih al-Bukhari 2268
Employment up to midday
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حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ
مَثَلُكُمْ وَمَثَلُ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابَيْنِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ اسْتَأْجَرَ أُجَرَاءَ فَقَالَ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ لِي مِنْ غُدْوَةَ إِلَى نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ عَلَى قِيرَاطٍ فَعَمِلَتِ الْيَهُودُ ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ لِي مِنْ نِصْفِ النَّهَارِ إِلَى صَلاَةِ الْعَصْرِ عَلَى قِيرَاطٍ فَعَمِلَتِ النَّصَارَى ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ يَعْمَلُ لِي مِنَ الْعَصْرِ إِلَى أَنْ تَغِيبَ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى قِيرَاطَيْنِ فَأَنْتُمْ هُمْ فَغَضِبَتِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى فَقَالُوا مَا لَنَا أَكْثَرَ عَمَلاً وَأَقَلَّ عَطَاءً قَالَ هَلْ نَقَصْتُكُمْ مِنْ حَقِّكُمْ قَالُوا لاَ قَالَ فَذَلِكَ فَضْلِي أُوتِيهِ مَنْ أَشَاءُ
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Sulaymān b. Ḥarb
- Ḥammād
- Ayyūb
- Nāfiʿ
- Ibn ʿUmar
- al-Nabī ﷺ
The Prophet ﷺ 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 ʿAsr prayer for one Qirat?' The Christians accepted and fulfilled the work. He then said, 'Who will work for me from the ʿAsr 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 withheld 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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Other narrations of this report
Sahih al-Bukhari 557Musnad Ahmad 6029Sahih Ibn Hibban 7221al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 13912al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Bayhaqi) 11759Musnad Abi Ya'la 5457
Narrators
- One of the Companions who narrated most often, and one of the ʿAbādilah; he was among the people most strict in following the narrations (athar).d. 72 AH, or 73 AH, or 74 AH, also said: 75 AHعَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِأحد المكثرين من الصحابة والعبادلة ، وكان من أشد الناس اتباعا للأثرعن
- trustworthy (thiqah), reliable (thabt), a well-known jurist (faqīh)d. 116 AH, or 117 AH, or 118 AH, or 119 AH, or 120 AHنَافِعٍثقة ثبت فقيه مشهورعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), an authority (ḥujjah), one of the leading jurists and devout worshippersd. 130 AH, or 131 AH, or 132 AH, also said: 124 AH, also said: 125 AH, also said: 129 AHأَيُّوبَثقة ثبت حجة ، من كبار الفقهاء العبادعن
- Trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), a jurist (faqīh).d. 177 AH, also said 179 AHحَمَّادٌثقة ثبت ، فقيه.حدثنا
- Trustworthy (thiqah), an imam, a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ).d. 222 AH, 223 AH, or 224 AH, also said 227 AHسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍثقة إمام حافظحدثنا
- a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AHالْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث
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Commentaries
Fatḥ al-Bārī (Ibn Ḥajar)
ʿUmdat al-Qārī (Badr al-Dīn al-ʿAynī)
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