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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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 Sa`id [?? or
Sa`d] 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." Sa`id said, "Wages with which to
buy food . "
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 37, Hadith 7
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I fought in Jaish-al-Usra (Ghazwa of Tabuk) along with the Prophet (ﷺ) 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 (ﷺ) canceled 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).
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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 `Asr prayer for one Qirat?' The Christians
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 withheld part of your right?' They
replied in the negative. He said, 'It is My Blessing, I bestow upon whomever I wish .'