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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Allah said, 'I will be an opponent to three types of people on the Day of
Resurrection:
-1. One who makes a covenant in My Name, but proves treacherous;
-2. One who sells a free person and eats his price; and
-3. One who employs a laborer and takes full work from him but does not pay him for his lab our.' "
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 37, Hadith 10
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Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Your example and the example of Jews and Christians is like the example of a
man who employed some laborers to whom he said, 'Who will work for me up to midday for one
Qirat each?' The Jews carried out the work for one Qirat each; and then the Christians carried out the
work up to the `Asr prayer for one Qirat each; and now you Muslims are working from the `Asr
prayer up to sunset for two Qirats each. The Jews and Christians got angry and said, 'We work more
and are paid less.' The employer (Allah) asked them, 'Have I usurped some of your right?' They
replied in the negative. He said, 'That is My Blessing, I bestow upon whomever I wish.' "
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The example of Muslims, Jews and Christians is like the example of a man who
employed laborers to work for him from morning till night for specific wages. They worked till
midday and then said, 'We do not need your money which you have fixed for us and let whatever we
have done be annulled.' The man said to them, 'Don't quit the work, but complete the rest of it and
take your full wages.' But they refused and went away. The man employed another batch after them
and said to them, 'Complete the rest of the day and yours will be the wages I had fixed for the first
batch.' So, they worked till the time of `Asr prayer. Then they said, "Let what we have done be
annulled and keep the wages you have promised us for yourself.' The man said to them, 'Complete the
rest of the work, as only a little of the day remains,' but they refused. Thereafter he employed another
batch to work for the rest of the day and they worked for the rest of the day till the sunset, and they
received the wages of the two former batches. So, that was the example of those people (Muslims) and
the example of this light (guidance) which they have accepted willingly.