Sunnats and Aadaab relating to the Employer and Employee – Part 1

1. When employing someone, the employer should specify the wages he will pay and the work for which he is employing the person. Both these aspects should be mentioned clearly without any unclarity and ambiguity.

عن أبي هريرة، عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: من استأجر أجيرا فليعلمه أجره (السنن الكبرى للبيهقي، الرقم: 11651)

Hazrat Abu Hurairah (radhiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) said, “Whoever employs someone, then he should inform him of the wages he will pay him.”