What is the ruling on an employer stipulating to his workers that any manual labor they perform for him shall be free of charge?
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Scholars stipulate, for the validity of (leasing/hiring), that the rent/wage (ujrah) and the work (amal) must be known. Consequently, the absence of a specified ujrah and the uncertainty of the amount of work they perform—whether in terms of a specific duration or a specific quantity—leads to the invalidity of the ijarah. Therefore, the transaction must be reviewed, and the amount of ujrah and work must be specified, in accordance with the : "Whoever hires a laborer, let him name his wage," and the Prophet's (peace be upon him) prohibition of hiring a laborer until his wage is made clear to him.
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